
Prayer+Anxiety
As an extrovert, the idea of "praying without ceasing" has always been intimidating. It seems like something that deep, quiet people do...people that wake up at 5am every morning and spend 2 hours on their knees before they start their day. In my brain, these people also run 10 miles in the morning, eat a vegan diet, work 60+ hours a week and have all their relationships on track. Sounds pretty impressive. As I've studied how anxiety improves in our body and mind, the conc

Practicing Empathy
Empathy: to put yourself in someone else's place. To experience the same emotion someone else experiences, in order to care for them. (Note: Sympathy is to tell someone that you're sorry that they're hurting...it's something you tell them, not something that you experience with them). Something weird has happened to me since I began doing therapy treatment in the past few years. I'm less of a jerk. I assume that people think that all therapists are naturally caring, loving