Fresh Perspectives Counseling and Consultation Services, LLC

09/21/2021

We can help turn this around. Help us end the stigma. Please reach out.

Sparsely populated communities face unique challenges, such as isolation and cultural stigmas about mental health, that call for tailored su***de prevention approaches.

07/28/2021

This is something I talk about often in sessions… Paradoxically, accepting oneself makes it easier to accomplish our goals.

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/if-you-think-contentment-will-make-you-lazy-and-unproductive/?fbclid=IwAR1dnm9OyCt7Fq3j_gJ63sk2NG4IACkrjD_0bVE2LXymuSYyVW3u6TSABIY

We don't need to be anxious to be productive, we don’t need to be productive to be content, and being content will not make us lazy.

05/24/2021

Short and simple... but not easy...

“When the standards have been set,” Epictetus said, “the work of philosophy is just this, to examine and uphold the standards, but the work of a truly good person is in using those standards when…

03/18/2021

I grew up believing that crying, swearing, and anger were unacceptable ways to express pain.

It’s been so freeing to reframe them all as purposeful parts of the human experience instead of character flaws to avoid.



HT

03/17/2021

Pretty great list of ways to improve our well-being.

Just a sample of how some are able to make emotions work for them, instead of against them.

02/09/2021

Balance is a good thing.

Some of us strive for a virtuous life. Others strive for a pleasant one. We could all use a better balance.

09/02/2020

Good medicine!

It also gives you the same neurological boost as receiving $25,000.

03/26/2020

When we feel powerless over so many things in our lives, please remember we always have the freedom to choose our attitude.

(attitudes are different from emotions, we don't control our emotions, we do however control what we do with them)

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”