By Ofelia Johnson, LMFT Have you ever wondered how someone truly learns to forgive all the pain that was caused in their life? As a therapist, we work with clients to find various ways to accomplish this challenge. A major problem is that people work…
Embarrassment is often a painful emotion to sit with. While some people enjoy the attention that embarrassment can bring, most spend their lives trying to avoid the experience of embarrassment at all cost. Embarrassment is an emotion that can have a vastly different experience if…
By Jason Temple, LMFT I remember getting home from family camping trips back when I was a child. I would always run inside to use the bathroom and attempt to kill as much time as I could to avoid having to unload the car of…
By Allison England, AMFT What do you think of when you hear the word mindfulness? Perhaps you imagine temples, meditation, monks, and the Buddha…and yes, these are the origins of mindfulness, but how do we incorporate the beneficial components of Buddhist teaching into our very…
By Angelica Ramirez-Diaz, LMFT Many people can relate to the gut wrenching feeling when hearing or seeing the term “COVID” being placed in various news outlets or from others they know. The stress can continue to build for some and the thought of it seeming…
Imagine Dragons Speak about Mental Health at their Latest Concert By Jason Temple I was so excited to be at the iHeartRadio ALTer Ego Show at the Forum in Los Angeles on the 15th of January. The lineup was amazing and when the frontman from…