New Year, New Me?: How to Maintain Meaningful Change Throughout the Year // ¿Año nuevo, nuevx yo?: Cómo mantener cambios significativos durante todo el año

Now that January has ended, has your enthusiasm for your New Year’s resolutions ended too? As much as I appreciate the collective self-reflection a new year brings, it’s hard to ignore the collective defeat that tends to follow. If maintaining your resolutions has felt hard, you are not alone; so many people find themselves in this situation that “National Quitters Day” is now a thing.

January, Processing Family Time // Enero, Procesando tiempo en familia

Those of you who spent time with family between November and December are probably back to your routines and thinking about the time spent together. Was it fun, merry, and bright? Or did you compete in the 2023 Emotional Olympics and could now write the survival guide?

Are Your Strengths Working For or Against You? // ¿Sientes que tus fortalezas están trabajando a tu favor o en tu contra?

Once you have been a therapist for a while, you develop a few tried and true techniques, exercises, or phrases that you notice have pretty consistently helped clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves. Let me share one of mine with you for free, but don’t tell anyone!

The Relationship Between Self-Care, Self-Love, and Self-Actualization // La relación entre el cuidado personal, el amor propio y la autorrealización

These days when you hear the term “self-care” it’s hard not to think about things like vacations, shopping sprees, and spa days. While I am a proponent of pampering yourself, it seems like our collective understanding of what constitutes self-care is becoming more lavish and materialistic, making a fundamental component of self-actualization feel out of reach for many. To counter this narrative, I want to share the framework I use with clients to make self-care feel more accessible, applicable, and impactful. 

Separation and Divorce: Why it Doesn’t Mean You Failed // Separación y divorcio: por qué no significa que fracasó

Even though we’re gradually moving away from traditional relationships, there’s still a lot of hesitation to change the relationships that we have with our partners. Both in my personal and professional life, I’ve met couples who are in the process of separating, and they often use phrases such as “I’m a failure,” “l failed my family,” and “I failed my kids.”