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Coping with the Holiday Blues

And while (the idealized holiday vision) may be true for a fortunate some, most people actually struggle during the holidays – in varying degrees… and for different reasons.

- Miryam Yusufov, PhD

Coping with the Holiday Blues
Laura Ferrer
Saying Goodbye to Summer

In this month’s post, we share some ideas to help you ground in the new season and find some of the joy and peace that belong uniquely to the fall.

Saying Goodbye to Summer
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Cultivating our Creative Energy

When we make space for it, we form an opportunity to reconnect with, or cultivate, our creative energy. Here are some ideas to help inspire your own creative energy,

Cultivating our Creative Energy
Laura Ferrer
How do we change in therapy?

Often, as a new therapeutic journey gets underway, people wonder, “how will I go about changing?”

How do we change in therapy?
LF Team
Mindfully Moving into Summer: Embracing Values ...

By embracing values as a compass, we find ourselves moving along a path of meaning and curating a life that represents who we truly wish to be.

-Rivian Lewin, PhD

Mindfully Moving into Summer: Embracing Values as a Guide

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Being in 2021: A new kind of resolution

Being in 2021: A new kind of resolution

Go ahead and set some behavioral goals if you feel like it. But I’m not going to focus too much on those things for 2021…….For me, this year, it’s hard to think too much about doing when merely being in the world asks a lot of us.

Managing our Feelings - The Buddha's 2 Arrows

Managing our Feelings - The Buddha's 2 Arrows

Have you ever noticed the way your mood and outlook can spiral quickly downward after one bad thing happens? Before psychologists started talking about primary and secondary emotional responses, the Buddha noticed this human tendency, which he talked about in terms of arrows. The “first arrow” hits us when a painful event occurs, and...it hurts. The “second arrow,” which is our reaction to the event, only adds to our pain.

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LF Team Highlight! Our lovely friend, colleague, and professor at Penn State Renae McNair, PhD., generously shared her wisdom on one of her favorite topics, 'inner wellbeing'. PS: She is accepting new patients. Contact information is in bio and DM'