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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

Does Attitude Determine Altitude?

Self-esteem and the investment in oneself to acknowledge that is a powerful component to helping people accomplish the altitude they want in life.

Banking on the Emotional Bank Account

Deep within us lies an accountant. He rolls up his sleeves, pulls his green visor firmly down, and begins to tabulate. Rows and rows of deposits are measured against rows and rows of withdrawals. At the end of each day, he calculates to determine one thing: Are we in the black or the red?

Demystifying Major Depressive Disorder – You’re Not Alone

“Sorrow makes us all children again,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. Anyone who has ever experienced the ravages of sever depression understands exactly what that statement means. when a person is in the throes of a clinical major depression, few words can adequately explain the turbulent darkness in which the person travels…alone.

Enjoy the Ride of Creativity Fueling Your Spirit

When you are assertive, you can stand up for your opinions, beliefs, and wishes in such a manner so as not to violate the rights of others. Passive people take the path of least resistance, hoping others will figure out their needs and fulfill them.