Health and Healing Therapy Blog
Articles written by Health and Healing Therapy therapists
How to Practice Self-Compassion
Most of us from a young age are taught how to be kind, considerate, and compassionate toward others. But, rarely are we told to show the same consideration to ourselves. This becomes even more true for individuals brought up in abusive or unloving homes. What is...
How to Set Healthy Boundaries
Relationships can only be healthy when both people have the space to be themselves and maintain their personal integrity. Sadly, many people find themselves in relationships, romantic and otherwise, with people who do not respect boundaries and feel entitled to have...
Parenting the Highly Sensitive Child
If your child is sensitive to the emotions of others, worrisome, and easily overwhelmed by changes or new people and environments, you may have a highly sensitive child. Parenting can be demanding, and parenting a highly sensitive child can present additional...
How to Help Your Child Manage Their Anxiety
For many, childhood is the most wondrous and exciting time in a person’s life. But even when a child is growing in a loving and stable family environment, they can feel fear and anxiety. Think back on your childhood. Everything new was something to be not-so-sure of....
Do You Practice Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway?
Yesterday, I was talking with another therapist, and we were discussing fear. She reminded me of the book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers. Honestly, I have never read the book, however, I have recently placed it on my must-read book list. Talking about...
Taking Risks and Finding Our Hidden Talents
If he never took the risk and tried something new, he never would have known how much he enjoys acting, singing, and dancing. He has natural talents. A few weeks ago, I was at a kids and teens performance in my community. A friend's son was in a musical theater class,...
What Makes Us Change
Do you ever wonder what happens in our lives that causes us to change? Have you ever heard the saying, "The only thing in life that's constant is change?" I was at a seminar a few weeks ago, and, in the afternoon, one of the speakers gave a short...
The Value of Breath and Breathing
How well do you breathe? Right now as you read this, stop and take a minute to notice your breath. Are you breathing shallow, fast, deep, or slow? If you pay attention to your breathing, you may find that you slow it down and take deeper breaths. If so, you also may...
Creating Change by Taking Risks and Ending Self-Sabotage
I have been drawn to the poem "Autobiography In Five Chapters" by Portia Nelson for the past twenty years. I have shared it with many people over the years, and they have usually appreciated the example and image it provides them in understanding the dynamics of...
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