1,000 gifts by Ann Voskamp This wonderful book is written by a mother of many children; she is no longer a teenager. However, she references dark times in her teenage years that trickled into college and motherhood. This dare [to name 1,000 gifts during daily...
Ready to disqualify all of your positive attributes and focus on your flaws? Annual Performance Review time at work! AKA "Let us tell you everything you are doing right along with exactly 2.5 criticisms and leave you to your self-destructive misery ." Sound familiar? (I...
"I should be able to get all of the housework done by Tuesday now, since I am a stay at home mom and don't work." "You should come check on me when I have been taking care of the baby for a while." "I should...
Things happen... you aren't invited to lunch, someone turns down your invitation, someone is not as excited about an event as you are, you do not get the job, etc. How do we handle that? This story was adapted from my high school english teacher...
Creating masks can be a great tangible exercise to supplement many themes in therapy including, but not limited to: identity formation, self acceptance, self esteem, exploring defense mechanisms, exploring emotions, learning emotive vocabulary, identifying others' emotions based on body language, and role play. At my...