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Every month, around the first of the month, the team at Liberated Mind will post a short message. Monthly messages will comment on some topic related to psychotherapy and mental health / awareness.
Meditation Moment: Connection and Gratitude
One of my favorite meditation teachers is Jeff Warren (you can also find him on the Calm app or Dan Harris.com). I’m sharing two free guided meditations he lead, you can try each of them out on YouTube. If you like them, check out his other content that I’ve linked here in this paragraph. For …
5 Strategies to Improve Your Relationship
As a psychologist, I’ve worked with couples and clients dealing with relationship challenges. As a partner, nearing 25 years of marriage, I’ve faced these challenges myself. However, there are real strategies you can implement to make lasting relationship improvements. Here are 5 to consider.
How to Build Resilience
Resilience is our ability to adapt well during adversity, trauma, or significant stress – essential skills in uncertain times. It’s not about avoiding hardship but navigating through it effectively
How to Find Your Purpose
Finding a purpose that is authentic to you can be transformative—and it doesn’t have to be some grand goal like curing a disease or founding a company.
Are You Feeling Outrage Fatigue?
Outrage fatigue can wear us down—but we can take care of ourselves in an onslaught of overwhelming news.
Emotions are NOT the enemy, yes even so-called “negative emotions”.
Even if a so-called “negative” emotion is showing up in our experience, e.g., sadness, anger, loneliness, et cetera the feeling is typically there for a reason. Instead of pushing on it with resistence or even trying to avoid it (insert your favorite dopamine hit here), can you turn toward it with a bit of curiosity and ask it, “I notice I’m feeling ____, what are you trying to tell me?”
So this is the new year + Podcasts
A quick note to start off 2025. Here are two episodes from a couple of my favorite podcasts that I enjoyed recently. I found them helpful and hope you will too! The first one is a discussion about the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy can …
More Limitations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) + Venting
I recently posted about some of the limitations found in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). More limitations were surfaced in a new study on the effects of venting as a strategy to reduce anger. What did the researchers find? “…the review also sheds important light on an alternate pathway for defusing fury. What’s more, standard cognitive …
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2024 Holiday Schedule
Hi all- As we approach the holiday season, the team here at Liberated Minded would like to give you a heads-up about our upcoming holiday schedule, during which time our team will be traveling and unavailable for therapy sessions and also away from email. This also includes most billing services, so if you have a …
6 Ways to Improve Your Mood, Fast
Six great suggestions from a recent episode of Life Kit on how to improve a mood quickly.