As a teenager, you’re going through big changes physically, socially and cognitively. During this phase of your life, it’s common to feel emotional highs and lows as you discover and establish who you really are. At Sound Mind Therapy, we believe counseling is a form of education which empowers you to see life’s challenges from a different perspective.
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Even if the weather makes us feel like it is winter, spring is upon us. If your New Year’s resolution was to focus on ways to enhance your purpose this is a great time to reflect and assess. One of the ways to review the first half of the year is to see how you are working toward your goals. Do you have the information you need to make progress? What are your values and are they working for you or against you? Do you feel like you have the support you need to do the things you want to do? Having goals is the first step, and then creating a plan of action to meet those goals is next.
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Nine-and-a-half years ago, I was in the depths of despair and in the most pain of my life! I had had trials and tribulations in my life, some ups and downs, but I had never experienced the jaw-gripping depths of grief as I had when my brother Jeremy passed away! There was no way to completely prepare myself for what I would go through, but what I know now is that being on the other side of loss changes and awakens you in ways I never would have known possible. Certainly, that awareness and knowledge doesn’t happen overnight, but rather it is a slow journey of self-discovery, evolvement and healing.
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Dear Evonne,
I just listened to your free podcast, and I want to check something out with you. You talk about the one-minute easy tip, “Keep Your Kid in the Director’s Chair,” and you defined the tip by saying it means teaching preteens/teens to motivate themselves with their own ideas, goals and expectations.
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The month of February continues to provide a great opportunity to think about love. The essence of love is described in a variety of ways. For some, it is a splendored thing; for others, it is a battlefield; and for some, love endures. But what if you learned love starts as a chemical in the brain that eventually runs out? And when the love chemical runs out, the brain looks for other ways to know you are in love? Would you want to know more about how that happens and what to do about it to preserve your relationship?
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