Collier Counseling & Life Coaching

02/17/2025

Spring comes early to the desert area where we live. As the days get warmer, plan more out of door activities: gardening, walking, hiking, going to the park, taking your dog for a walk. The additional sunshine and increased physical activity will give you more energy and enhance your sense of emotional well being. Combine your acitivites with friends or family and enjoy the benefits of building your relationships.

10/04/2023

Just a heads up if you have a hidden cell phone for DV purposes, on October 4th at 2:20 pm eastern time FEMA is testing the national text alert system. This one is supposed to override sound systems regardless of your settings. The only way to avoid it is if the phone is turned off. So if you have a second/hidden phone for safety purposes, please know it will make a sound on October 4th.

Here's the FEMA press release about it.
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20231003/fema-and-fcc-plan-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-oct-4-test-messages-will #:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%2D%2D%20FEMA%2C%20in%20coordination,testing%20WEA%20and%20EAS%20capabilities.

12/05/2022

More Americans are living alone, getting married later in life, according to recent census data.
https://usafacts.org/articles/state-relationships-marriages-and-living-alone-us/

06/19/2022

Couldn't resist...

03/14/2022

If you've heard of EMDR therapy and want to learn more, this is a great read!

I had a conversation with a client recently that went something like this, "I'm just feeling stuck. Nothing I am doing seems to be helping. I just want to be better already." I feel that. The desperation. The feeling that maybe you won't emerge from this reality of hard emotions and lack of motivati...