Posts tagged Houston blogs
A Mother is Born...Eventually: A Time of Loneliness and Identity Searching

I’m not sure how far into motherhood I was when I first heard the term, “A mother is born.” To be honest, my experience into motherhood didn’t feel like I was born. While I was more in love with my baby than I thought was ever possible, it still felt more like something in me was lost- it felt more like a death than birth. The more I work with new mothers and now being almost a decade into the motherhood journey, I have some understanding of this experience.

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Cheers, To All Our Comforts

Who grew up watching Cheers?!? The theme song was perfect. At its core, it was about yearning to heal and connect through spending time with familiar faces. That’s what makes this pandemic more difficult. We need to connect. We need to have our familiar comforts, but we likely feel limited with what’s available.

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Insights from The Power of Meaning By Emily Esfahani Smith

Clients sometimes come into counseling seeking purpose and direction. More often than that, they come in suffering from depression and/or poor self-image, and may discover that the root of these issues is that they don’t have a strong sense of purpose or direction in their lives.

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The 5 Love Languages and the Holidays

Y’all, Where. Has. This. Year. Gone?  With only 5 weeks (I repeat – 5 WEEKS) left in this year and so many different holidays QUICKLY approaching, gifting ideas seem like a highly pertinent topic to discuss.  This experience can cause so much stress and anxiety for people.  Did I spend enough?  Is the present meaningful enough?  I don’t even know where to begin, so why start at all? 

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