As your values shift, you may hit an impasse in some friendships As I wrote in my previous post on friendship and values, friendship is best when your values are aligned. When your values are out of alignment with a friend’s, you frequently have to pretend to be someone you’re not or are no longerRead more
Values Are an Important Part of Friendship
Though outgrowing friends is a struggle, the best friends match your growing self and value system Many individuals that I see in my therapy practice struggle with outgrowing a friendship. What I’ve found is that outgrowing friendship often relates to a misalignment of values. When you grow, you come to know yourself more and moreRead more
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Addresses Social Media Content on Toxic Relationships in Buzzfeed
As is often talked about of late, social media is designed to be highly consumable, engaging, and hard to put away. People, particularly those who struggle with obsessive or compulsive behavior, can get hooked on certain types of social media content in a way that is not helpful or healthy. An especially addictive topic thatRead more
Trusting Your Gut in the Age of “Gut Health Transformation”
Before you can trust your gut, you have to consider what your gut is trying to tell you We’ve fallen in love with the idea of being able to trust our guts, wanting to rely on ourselves to move toward the “right” thing intuitively. The mantra of “trust your gut”—to act upon a feeling withRead more
Making New Friends as an Adult Takes Intentionality and Vulnerability
While it may seem less accessible to make friends as an adult, all friendships must be built There are days in my therapy practice when it seems like all I do is talk to patients about being lonely and wanting new friends. Friends can seem to be everywhere and hard to find at the sameRead more
Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist Featured in Vogue
Can an object’s design, function, and aesthetics impact how you engage with that object? For instance, can a better, more organized wallet lead to better finances? Our Founder and Clinical Director Matt Lundquist was recently asked that question for an article in Vogue in which he discusses primary and secondary process thinking and financial decision-making.Read more
The Death of Curiosity as the Death of Care
Being curious about yourself is a foundational way to care for yourself The root of the word(s) curious/curiosity traces back to the Latin root for care—cura. Like the words’ historical origins, I also view care and curiosity as inextricably linked. You wouldn’t be curious about something if you didn’t, on some level, care about it.Read more
Show Your Therapist More Photos
The ability of photos to evoke memories and emotions can be helpful to healing in therapy Have you ever looked at a photo and instantaneously felt a rush of emotions? It’s actually quite common. Photographs are a window into time, capturing a moment of our existence. Whether a picture from childhood, a photo from aRead more
When the Body Throws a Tantrum
Our bodies don’t throw tantrums for no reason More than ever, both in my therapy practice and out, I hear about people experiencing chronic pain, dizziness, upset stomach, migraines, fatigue, and many other chronic symptoms without any medical explanation. For many, it can be a difficult and hopeless journey to not know what is goingRead more
We Encourage People to Break up with Abusive Partners: We Should Do the Same for People Estranged from Families
In a culture that advocates for people to separate from abusive partners, estrangement is still taboo “Tell me about your family. Are you super close with them? What are your parents like? Siblings?” “Actually, I’m not really in contact with my family of origin…I’ve been estranged from them for the past several years.” “Oh…” DesperateRead more
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