We all experience bad moods from time to time, enduring prolonged periods marred by feelings such as sadness or anger. Sometimes, these moods are a direct result of an unpleasant event, interaction, or experience. Other times, the cause is elusive, making it nearly impossible to pinpoint the source of these feelings. Often, these moods are […]
Tag: psychotherapy
Spirituality & Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy and spirituality share a significant overlap. Many of us embark on our psychotherapeutic journey in search of healing, and as we heal, we broaden our objectives, beginning to search for meaning and purpose in our lives, or striving to understand and achieve our full potential. The desire to heal and grow into the best […]
Therapy Should Make You A Better Person
In recent years, there has been an unmistakable surge in ‘therapy speak’. It’s no longer rare to overhear discussions about attachment styles, coping mechanisms, or emotional labor at coffee shops, family gatherings, or even in the media. When celebrities openly discuss concepts like “being present” and “emotional labor” during prime-time interviews, it’s clear that the […]
Procrastination
Why do we put off for tomorrow that which can be accomplished today? It’s not as though we can enjoy the time spent relaxing or engaging in leisure activities. In fact, procrastination is almost always followed by guilt and the nagging sense that we are wasting our time that would be better spent on necessary […]
The Expat Experience
Expats, immigrants, and migrants are all people that have left their homes for foreign shores in search of a better life. It is an intensified way of life, exciting at times, but fraught with challenges and hardships. I am the child of immigrants, and have been living as an expat for over a decade. I […]
Generational Trauma & Healing: Culture & Karma In Action
I have always believed that generational trauma, given enough generations, becomes culture. Historical events have a tendency to leave deep scars that alter the way we see the world, and that skewed perspective, once accepted as the norm, is then taught to future generations. Think of the generation that was raised in the Great Depression […]
Anger Is A Firewall To Feeling
Anger is a secondary emotion, that is, it is a feeling that is triggered by other primary emotions. The primary emotion could be fear, embarrassment, disappointment, or even sadness. But anger acts as a firewall, stopping all access to those primary emotions. Sometimes, this can be helpful. Anger is energizing. In an interpersonal conflict it […]
The Mind-Body Connection
Pepper Pavlish, ERYT 500 and best-selling author of MS Wellness Solutions interviews Maya Georg about the mind-body connection and the intersection of yoga and talk therapy. Pepper Pavlish has used her experience of managing her autoimmune symptoms naturally to inspire and teach others. She shares her wisdom and experience through online and in-person classes, as […]
The Problem With Passing
Humans tend to make snap judgements about other humans, categorizing them into neat groups. This predisposition to categorize means we often sympathize and identify with those that are most familiar—those that look most like us, or those that align with society’s perception of the ‘default human’. The ‘default human’ is crafted by media portrayals, and […]
Casual Diagnosing
Many years ago, when I was still single, I began chatting with a man online. His behavior, while initially charming and funny, quickly devolved into demands for my phone number so he could send me photographs of his penis. I had just met him online, and I honestly found that to be the least interesting […]