Happy New Year! Or is it? By mid-January, we know that many people are feeling discouraged about the things they resolved to do or be this year. Negative self-talk is problematic enough without adding disappointment to the mix. So how can you pick yourself up? Here are three tools...
Articles by Sandee Nebel
Intentions over Resolutions
This is a guest post by Kristen Riordan (Schneider), grad intern, White Picket Fence Counseling Center. Did you make a New Year’s resolution? If not this year, in years prior? How’s it going? How’d it go in years past? More often than not, I find resolutions are born of:...
Foundational Self-Care for the Holidays
The holidays are here, and there’s no denying they will be unlike any other year as we continue walking through the pandemic. So much is “new” again. We have the additional pressure of deciding how or if to gather, and coping with the changes and losses we have all...
The Trouble With Feeling Guilty
I sometimes say that guilt is a useless emotion and that I don’t believe in it. Guilt means that I don’t trust myself and my decisions. This thinking is detrimental to my personal growth. I believe we should trust that what we have done in the past needed to...
Having a Zen Holiday
Three things that may push your buttons this holiday season, and how to cope.
Mindful Living for Work-Life “Balance” Integration
We carry so much of our lives with us wherever we go, right on our smartphones. Our personal lives seep into our work time, and work invades our personal time.
How Relaxing Your Thoughts Can Heal Your Body and Mind
Meditation doesn’t have to look like what you think it will. Open your mind to your own style and explore the ideas in this post.
Judgment Comes Quickly
This is a guest post by Kristen Riordan (Schneider), grad intern, White Picket Fence Counseling Center. “We see the world not as it is, but as we are.” – Anais Nin If you’re like me, you try your best to be good to others, to think well of others,...
Open Your Mind to Meditation
I don’t have a perfect meditation practice and you’ll rarely find me sitting cross-legged or chanting. Yet I do have a regular spiritual practice that incorporates mindfulness and meditation. For example, I center myself each morning, and sometimes again in between clients or in between work and going home....
Your Body is Your Friend
When you have distorted or unhealthy body image, it can cause you to want to harm yourself instead of love yourself.