The Blog

Limitations of Pop Culture Self-care

November 1, 2023

We’ve all heard the calls for self-care. Marketing eats this up: Buy a treat! Book a...

How to Get the Most Out of Therapy

September 20, 2023

As a therapist who has also been in therapy for most of my life, I hope...

Mastering Your Mood

September 20, 2023

The older I get, the more I realize how a short walk around the block, treating...

Tune into Tranquility: The Power of Music for Stress Relief

September 20, 2023

Let’s face it: life can be stressful at times. No one likes to deal with stress....

[VIDEO] Navigating Racial Tension – A Mental Health Perspective

June 2, 2020

Pamela Larkin, a mental health therapist at Optimum Joy Clinical Counseling, joins Alexandra Hoerr to discuss...

Am I Enough?

August 8, 2018

Whether we can articulate it or not, most of us struggle with this question at some...

Expectations & Communication

August 3, 2018

Everyone has expectations about all kinds of things. Expectations are the ideas we have about how...

Deep Breathing for Kiddos

July 17, 2018

I shared helpful base techniques for deep breathing practices in a recent post. If you are...

Boundaries & Feelings: what you can and can’t control

July 9, 2018

Boundaries are like an invisible fence between you and others. Everything on your side of the...

Deep Breathing: Surprisingly Healthy!

June 25, 2018

In a moment of chaos when people tell you to “just take a deep breath”, it...