Footsteps Counseling LLC

05/06/2024

Haha lots of hard work goes into that reaction!

05/16/2023

Our conditioning impacts us through many parts of our lives.

04/04/2023

The opposite of our analytical minds is overthinking! Think of it as on a pendulum, when undisturbed an analytical mind is self reflective and curious, but when disturbed and stressed it swings the other way towards overthinking or perfectionism. A good “Tips and trick” when we swing over to the other side—and useful emotional regulation technique:

03/19/2023

There are hundreds of different types of meditations—for those that struggle sitting still, movement meditations like walking and Tai Chi are the answer. Check out this walking meditation by Mindful.org

This 9-minute guided walking meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn explores embracing mindfulness with every footfall—varying the practice for speed and distance.

03/15/2023

Absolutely true—especially because when we stuff our emotions they come out in the form of symptoms down the road. Delayed expression is a thing!

03/09/2023

Everyday is a new day!

02/26/2023

So true! Our EMOTIONS are like data and mean something to use; However, are not to be confused with feelings—which are brief and last a few moments (ie., I am cut off in traffic and feel anger, but it quickly goes away when I see a McDonald’s). While if I’m having an emotion, it can hang out with me all day and I can ruminated on it. See the difference?

Needs!
Not wants. That’s a different thing.
But needs. We have to meet them, or nothing will change.

02/13/2023

Our lotus of control!

01/17/2023

01/16/2023

Just a reminder:

01/09/2023

Exactly! There’s a ton of science to back positive self-talk.