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The Threshold: What Illness Reveals About Identity

Growth, Thoughts /

On illness, liminality, and the self you meet when the ordinary world stops There is a moment — if you are lucky enough, or unlucky enough, to have it — when the ordinary world simply stops. Mine arrived in an urgent care room on an unremarkable afternoon. The attending physician looked up from her chart and said, with the calm authority of someone who has delivered this particular sentence many times before: “I’m admitting you […]

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How to Shift From a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset

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A Humanistic and Therapeutic Path to Change in Love and Life In our previous post, Fixed vs Flexible: Why a Growth Mindset Matters in Love and Life, we explored what fixed and growth mindsets are and why they matter so deeply in relationships, work, and personal fulfillment. A natural next question often follows: How do I actually shift my mindset from fixed to growth? Knowing what a growth mindset is does not automatically tell us

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Seeing Your Partner Clearly: Appreciation, Gratitude, and Connection

Couples Counseling, Growth /

One of the quiet truths I have learned through years of clinical work and lived relationship is that intimacy does not erode primarily through conflict. It erodes through invisibility. We stop being seen in the fullness of who we are. We are noticed for what we forgot, what we did not do, what fell short. Over time, the mirror our partner holds up becomes distorted, reflecting only our missteps instead of our character. Appreciations are

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How to Prepare for Couples Therapy (and Find the Right Therapist for You)

Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Depression, General, Growth, LGBTQ, Parenting, Relationship, Uncategorized /

Deciding to seek couples therapy is one of the bravest — and healthiest — steps you can take for your relationship. Still, it can feel intimidating. Many couples wonder: Where do we start? How do we know if we’re choosing the right therapist? What should we expect from the first few sessions? And let’s be honest — many of the people reading this fall into one of three groups: – You’ve tried therapy before and

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Why A Growth Mindset Matters in Love and Life

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Introduction: Why Mindset Matters in Relationships If you’re in a partnered relationship, chances are you’ve experienced the highs of deep connection as well as the lows of conflict, disconnection, or even feeling stuck. What separates couples who thrive from those who get trapped in cycles of misunderstanding and resentment? One often overlooked factor is mindset. Carol Dweck’s pioneering research on growth versus static (often called “fixed”) mindset offers a powerful lens for understanding not only

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