Understanding the window of tolerance is crucial for trauma survivors, as it offers a framework for recognizing when they might be operating outside of their window and struggling to manage overwhelming emotions.
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Setting up a meeting with a therapist or mental health counseling professional is something that some people...
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We are back at it in early January. I am writing after taking some time away with my family for the holiday season. It was a great trip to see family and create memories
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I am so glad to kick off the fall season in Celina, TX. There is so much activity happening in the #downtowncelinasquare these days.
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A Woman's Worth and Beauty in a Marriage: The profound and deep waters only a husband can mend are something that are a ministry and a calling of each man in a Godly relationship with his wife.
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Tuning into the marital therapy sessions and finding the voice each is expressing is an art. I spend some time contemplating how the “Challenging Times…” of the couple and the thoughts they are expressing are so difficult when they reach out to me. My hope is that you are not in a “bad” place reading this, but if you are… keep reading… as I explain a principle that sometimes works to create dialogue and communication.
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In the midst of so much change in culture and direction, I am talking more and more with clients who are coming out of the initial shock of the effects of Coronavirus and COVID19.. They are all attempting to understand, work through and find some redeeming qualities, but also I want to be attentive to the process of being aware of depression. It’s tendencies can creep into the new patterns of our lives. It’s silent presence has the potential to be overlooked in this hypersensitive time to physical health and being virus free. We also may not recognize in coping with going through the side effects and symptoms that we have been concerned about as a global community we could be ending up in a more depressed state.
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In the midst of so much culture change due to the Coronavirus, I began to think about the impact of relationships and connecting with the people around us. I see a culture gap that could use some encouragement. So here are some thoughts on how younger and older could coalesce and come together.
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Mental health is such a dynamic subject and open to so many views and expert opinions. The reason for my writing and venturing into conjecture and topics that are subjective in nature is
“…I am willing to hear such cacophony and noise if there may be one who would find new life or freedom in the pursuit of living life in a different and greater purpose and existence.”
“…effort to bring conscious awareness to the understanding that there is more than one way of supporting people who are suffering from mental health concerns.”
“So I pick up on a couple of points that spurred me to write…”
I hope you enjoy the patterns and thoughts. Drop me a line if you enjoy the subject as well. - Andrew
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A review of an article that I found that has some good thoughts about confronting different beliefs within us.
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Creative musing about the current status of how our brain works to recall and piece together parts of our memories and how if we are in different states of distress the sensory experience is a pathway to processing past trauma.
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Ever freeze when it's time to shine? Adapting truth to silence critical voices or internal memories of past failures surrounding performance which increases anxiety and the myth that I can control anything past my nose.
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Steve Farrar is challenging my idea of manhood and why it's so lost on my current generation. It's refreshing and bold. Very much against The extremism of our day, and emboldening to me. However to speak out these thoughts on a public corner would create divisions and fisticuffs on the street.
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Recently I had to change the cartridge in a printer, so I took a picture of it so I would remember what the cartridge was when I got to the store.
Do you ever feel like you're empty like your cartridge just doesn't have any ink in it like you're not able to express yourself like it's just not going to print anymore and how can you go on because life is just empty. I've had times where that's happened in my life.
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What kinds of masks do you like to dress up with? Is it Superhero, Scary or Seductive? I find that in my work I talk about the masks people use as crutches. They latched on to it and enjoyed being something different and then at some point they realize it isn’t working anymore, but the harder they try to pry the smile, the paint, the eyes off their real self the more painful it is. I know the Master Mask Maker and I try to ask him to help and go to him for wisdom when we are facing changes in how a person is working to present their real self to the world. Read more here so you can understand how masks are fun at first, but could be painful later.
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So you do remember a time when you felt cherished and comfort? See if it had aspects of this statement or pattern.
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Many variations exist throughout culture and spiritual precedence when the words mental health are utilized. Some would interact with such as an ongoing dialogue. Others would stray or avoid such conversations. Mental health has taken on a lot of good, but also there are some misnomers and myths that are not correct about what mental health is to the average human being.
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This is a recent marketing piece that has been interesting to me in being able to reach into a different sector of business and connect with other professionals who are extremely knowledgeable about relationships. Many of the attendees indicated their constant concern and also some challenges in being part of the process that divorcing couples have to connect with. Realtors really are unpaid counselors in some ways because of all the time and effort they put into accomplishing moving the world. I have also found them to be profoundly sensitive people regarding the ethics and heart that they perform their job. Realtors definitely have my respect in a lot of ways. Because I am impartial to the process in which I am gaining more friends than being exclusive I want to personally thank some specific businesses that have reached out to form creative ventures and mutual works alongside my desire to reach hurting people.
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