Time in Nature Can Help with Depression

Beautiful view from the valley in Zion National Park

Depression can feel heavy, isolating, and unrelenting. You often feel exhausted just from being alive. The thought of going for a walk or exercising is the last thing on your mind. It is so much easier to scroll mindlessly on your phone or watch your favorite movie for the umpteenth time. However, in the age…

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The Conundrum of Asking for Help

Image in the sand asking for help

It can produce a lot of anxiety! Do you ever feel like you are standing in a vast space crying out for help and no one can hear you?  Or maybe you would prefer if no one actually did.  Or maybe it would be better to whisper or write it in sand so it can…

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Grieving Well After the Pandemic

Image representing grief, sad lake

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”   William Shakespeare What does that even mean?  I’ve spent many hours staring at those words and trying to determine their meaning.  My therapist has a picture of them on the wall in his office.  I no…

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