Field Notes from a Counselor in Nashville
As a counselor in Nashville and an artist at heart, I help women who feel overwhelmed and out of balance find ease, joy, and connection. Writing has always been one of my favorite ways to feel and to make sense of the world. Below, you’ll find musings that blend therapy insights with what it means to be human.
Self-Care for Anxiety—Healing Through the Dark Emotions, part 1
I’ve been reading a wonderful book called Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair. Written prior to and published shortly after September 11, 2001, it’s as applicable as ever to today. Prescient, even. Author Miriam Greenspan notes the “critical importance of emotion to individual and collective well-being.” She calls our ability to relate to emotions (in particular to the ones we tend to think of as “negative”) an essential part of living a good life. She suggests that these so-called “dark emotions” offer us healing wisdom, if we can learn to listen.
My Corner of the World: Musings from a Nashville Therapist
Fear, worry, sadness, anger, disappointment, hopelessness. We’re supposed to have an emotional response. It’s how we’re wired. The dark emotions are a part of our humanness. And yet part of our challenge is to look also for the good … and/or to create it if we can't see it.