Why Words Matter: How verbal expression can help us reconnect to ourselves
We’ve all been there. Hours have gone by and we’ve barely noticed as we sit on our couch, endlessly doom scrolling through post after post on social media. Our mind feels numb, we feel disoriented, and we’re not sure how time passed so quickly.
In today’s society, we’re surrounded and flooded with information. The ease of access to information at our fingertips is astounding. But it can also be harmful for our mental health because it can distract us and disconnect us from ourselves.
In this blog post, I will be exploring the importance of words and how verbal expression is a critical component of reconnecting to ourselves, our emotional experience, and our relationships.
The Acorn & The Oak: Unlocking our human Potential through therapy
To think that a towering 60-foot oak tree began its life as a tiny seed that fits in the palm of your hand is truly remarkable. The acorn becoming the oak is an apt metaphor for many things, because it highlights the ability for living organisms to change and transform into something more.
It also poses a larger question about potential:
If there is potential in an acorn to become an oak tree, might there also be hidden potential in us as humans to become something more?
Reframing our Pursuit of Meaning and Purpose: A New Year’s Reflection
There is immense societal pressure, especially in America, to set resolutions in the New Year to improve our lives with new habits and lifestyle changes. But for most of us, if we’re lucky, our resolutions will only last a few months before our motivation peters out and we find ourselves back at square one.
However annoying this cycle of started and failed resolutions may be, I believe that this annual burst of motivation to better ourselves reveals our longing, as humans, to live a fulfilling and meaningful life