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 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…
Focusing on the Big Picture of Life, Not the Small Stuff By Kellie Hynds, LMFT Have you ever stopped to think about how much time you might spend worrying about things that are insignificant compared to the big picture in life? What does the “big…
Finding Your Way Off the Diet Culture Roller Coaster By Ashley Hutchinson, LCSW How many Januarys have you spent super motivated for the first two weeks of the New Year to only find yourself standing in your kitchen alone with a pint of ice cream after…