Posts in Relationships
TGIF: Navigating Rejection

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, INNOVATION, GRATITUDE and FEELS as she answers one of our reader’s questions about how to navigate a relationship when your teenager (or anyone) is making you feel shut out and rejected.

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How Therapy Ultimately Helps the Whole World

Some people believe helping themselves - whether it is setting boundaries at work, or saying no to an event, or seeing a therapist - as doing something “wrong”, indulgence, or even selfish. Depriving ourselves of support, resources and time during non-emergency situations is encouraged for the sake of being a “good” employee, parent, spouse, friend, and person. And while we can all imagine the impact this type of system has on our individual experience, it can be harder to imagine the impact this individual mental and emotional starvation has on our community. So let’s contemplate that.

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How Trauma Reveals Our Truth

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shared TOOLS, GRATITUDE, INNOVATION and FEELS on the insight, messages, truth and healing that we can learn from our traumas. She shares resources that we can use in this exploration such as the importance of a safe, unbiased space, as well as the Enneagram and mindfulness.

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A Simple, Not Easy, Answer to Our Mental Health Crisis

Care for one’s neighbor is the highest predictor of good mental health AND these relationships need to be transformational, not transactional.

In this week’s TGIF, Kerry shares TOOLS, GRATITUDE, INNOVATION and FEELS on a simple, but not easy, answer to our world’s mental health crisis. She explores thoughts and musings of a podcast from Dr. Lisa Miller, quotes from Mr. Rogers (the ultimate good neighbor) and principles from Bhakti Yoga.

Being a good, thoughtful, caring neighbor and person is simple. But it’s not always easy.

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