Author: Leslie Tourish
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3 Reasons You Already Have the Happiness You Need for the New Year
3 Reasons You Already Have the Happiness You Need for the New Year
As the new year begins, many of us look ahead hoping happiness will finally arrive. But research and reflection suggest something gentler and more reassuring: much of the happiness we seek is already present in our lives. This post explores three reasons you may already have what you need to enter the new year with…
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Managing Holiday Overwhelm: A Christmas Reflection on Mindfulness and Mental Health
Managing Holiday Overwhelm: A Christmas Reflection on Mindfulness and Mental Health
The holidays can bring both beauty and chaos, and many people experience stress, grief, or emotional overwhelm this time of year. In this reflective holiday story, therapist Leslie Tourish, LPC, describes an unexpected moment in Chicago that reminded her how easily we lose sight of meaning in the busyness of the season. She offers practical…
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10 Effective Stress-Management Strategies
10 Effective Stress-Management Strategies
Stress: Why do we have it? Stress is the taproot of our survival system. Without it we wouldn’t have the motivation to get out of bed, nor the sense of preservation to look both ways when crossing the street. Therefore, stress in and of itself is as natural and part of the landscape as a…
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Kindness Comes From Strength: A Parking Lot Lesson in Grace
Kindness Comes From Strength: A Parking Lot Lesson in Grace
Expressing grace and kindness in moments where you may typically display anger and frustration have more benefits than you may think. See how an unexpected parking lot interaction is defused with kindness and consideration.
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The Myth of the “Perfect Therapist”
The Myth of the “Perfect Therapist”
Struggling with low self-esteem leaves you feeling powerless, fearful, and stuck in self-sabotage. Break free with these 12 empowering steps to rebuild confidence—one manageable action at a time. Start with just one today, and watch your mindset—and your world—transform. You deserve strength, joy, and success. Begin now.
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The Myth of the “Perfect Therapist”
The Myth of the “Perfect Therapist”
Depression is often anger in disguise. Many bury their rage, fearing confrontation or rejection. Signs like chronic lateness, sarcasm, stiff muscles, or over-politeness can point to suppressed emotions. The cost? A diminished sense of self, helplessness, and lost authenticity. True healing begins when we dare to acknowledge our anger—not to blame, but to reclaim our…
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Hidden Anger Resurfaces in Many Ways
Hidden Anger Resurfaces in Many Ways
Depression is often anger in disguise. Many bury their rage, fearing confrontation or rejection. Signs like chronic lateness, sarcasm, stiff muscles, or over-politeness can point to suppressed emotions. The cost? A diminished sense of self, helplessness, and lost authenticity. True healing begins when we dare to acknowledge our anger—not to blame, but to reclaim our…
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Four Rules of a Successful Marriage
Four Rules of a Successful Marriage
All marriages take work. In this article I outline the Four Rules of a Successful Marriage and how any couple can begin re-filling their emotional bank accounts with Care, Protection, Honesty, and Time.
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10 Tips to Manage Grieving After the Holidays
10 Tips to Manage Grieving After the Holidays
Managing grief after the holidays can be difficult. These 10 tips can help you be more in control over how your grief impacts your life as “The Grieving Person’s Bill of Rights.”
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Addicted to Love and Recovering with Self-Esteem
Addicted to Love and Recovering with Self-Esteem
Addiction to love is more common amongst women, and typically rooted in growing up in a home environment with less nurturing and warmth than the child needed. This leads into a pattern of recreating the chaos or “lack of” by trying to control situations, the love, or how one is treated by their mate. Low…
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The Art of Hastening Slowly
The Art of Hastening Slowly
Are you finding yourself stressed around every turn and finding impatience with people and tasks in daily life? You don’t have to give up multi-tasking to observe patience in short increments to feel relief.
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3 Tips to Stop Anxiety from Zapping Today of its Strength
3 Tips to Stop Anxiety from Zapping Today of its Strength
3 tips can help anyone calm their brain from worries which can take control… many of these things never having the possibility of happening. But, that doesn’t stop our brains from creating these scenarios. Learn more from Licensed Professional Counselor Leslie Tourish Dripping Springs, Texas.
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