Thoughts from a Therapist

Helpful tips on How to Expand your Personal and Relational Wellness

Tag: Change

  • Codependence and the Quiet Agreement Not to Grow

    Codependence and the Quiet Agreement Not to Grow

    The content explores how comfort can create a codependent environment that stifles personal growth. It highlights that prioritizing stability often leads to enabling behaviors, preventing accountability, and reinforcing stagnation. True love involves embracing discomfort for growth and supporting each other in evolving, rather than retreating into familiar patterns that limit potential.

  • Choice and quality of life | What choice, if removed, would most positively impact your well being?

    Choice and quality of life | What choice, if removed, would most positively impact your well being?

    The United States encompasses various sub-cultures influenced by a dominant meta-culture emphasizing freedom and choice. This dual nature of choice can lead to both empowerment and oppression. Reflecting on which choices could be beneficially removed may enhance well-being, drawing insights from cultures that prioritize routine and communal practices.

  • Logical Reason to Change – The Inevitability of Anxiety Whether You Change or Not

    Quick summary: Most people have something about themselves or their life situation that they desire to change. Unconsciously and consciously we avoid change because there is anxiety and perceived difficulty inherent in the process of changing. My purpose here is to point out a very common misconception – the misconception is that you can avoid…