Tag: depression

  • The Myth of the “Perfect Therapist”

    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…

  • Hidden Anger Resurfaces in Many Ways

    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…

  • 10 Tips to Manage Grieving After the Holidays

    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.”

  • Addicted to Love and Recovering with Self-Esteem

    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…

  • Demystifying Major Depressive Disorder – You’re Not Alone

    Demystifying Major Depressive Disorder – You’re Not Alone

    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

    Enjoy the Ride of Creativity Fueling Your Spirit

    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.