Happy New Year! The Top Ten Lessons I've learned in the Therapy Office

Never underestimate the power of being heard

1. Acknowledging trauma lessens its impact

2. Saying positive things to yourself is a powerful healing technique

3. The answers are often outside in Nature

4. Strength means holding on when you feel the weakest

5. Stuffing your feelings doesn’t work in the long run

6. Loving others is healing

7. Connections with others are what bring people peace

8. Engaging with a project can shift your whole day and consequently, your life

9. When people honor me with their stories, it fills my life with purpose and my heart with joy!