Anna Gries Body Mind & Heart Therapy LLC

03/08/2024

Going through the motions of life without actually calling attention to what is going on isn’t actually helpful to you.

Our culture often perpetuates the “out of sight, out of mind” concept. Overlooking the very things we need to pay attention to, especially when it comes to mental health. There is an existing normalization to ignore what you cannot see which impacts those who struggle with any degree of their mental health.

Breaking this pattern of cultural engagement will require you to have a therapist who firmly believes in calling bull💩 on this cultural normalization. It will require you to engage with new practices that allow you to not only create better beliefs and understanding around your own mental health needs, but how to bring that out into the world, one relationship at a time.

Engaging in mental health therapy takes a great deal of effort, bravery, and consideration. But engaging in therapy within my practice will allow you to get crystal clear on how you want to be living your life, getting you out of just going through the motions, finding clear and fast ways to regulate your nervous system, and actually live your life robustly.

If you are realizing you no longer want to be playing into the cultural avoidance that is your own mental health care, reach out to my practice and get set up with a free consultation today.

02/26/2024

What an amazing long weekend! Officially completed the second phase of my beginner year and I am now officially an SEP Beginner Level Two. This process has been truly incredible. I am honored to be a part of my cohort. I’m already learning so much and seeing this with my clients in the areas we can tend to with this and the tools I have gained. Somatic work is a beautiful and tender practice, and one as a clinician I know I was meant for. Allowing to build a relationship with my own nervous system so I can tend to the nervous systems of others has never been more clear of a calling. ✨

02/21/2024

6 week group therapy AND yoga for parents/ caregivers! Starting May 1st I will be offering a truly unique experience for my clients: mental health therapy paired with yoga. This group is designed just for parents and caregivers who are in need of community and tools as you get ready to navigate Summer 2024. Stay tuned for more information on why this group will be unlike any other and what it will offer you and your parenting tool kit!

02/16/2024

01/05/2024

The practice's Colorado wait-list is officially open! All of my CO folks: thank you for your patience! I will be reaching out within the coming days!

To any Coloradans or fellow Colorado clinicians looking for referrals for teletherapy, all potential clients can reach out today to request a consultation.

01/04/2024

Happy New Year!

12/22/2023

The practice will be closed beginning today through Jan 01. During this time I will be taking time away from the office to be with family and friends.

If you are looking to book a consultation you can still do so! Please follow the "request appointment" link and you can get on the schedule for January.

I look forward to connecting with you in the New Year!

12/21/2023

As winter is setting in and the holidays begin, you will often have more opportunities to connect with your friends and family.

You will be able to perhaps see family you haven't seen in some time, or connect with friends you haven't had the chance to see in months.

Connection is a vital part of how we operate as humans, and especially this time of year it can allow you to break the monotony that winter brings.

AND connection during this season can also feel overwhelming.

If you are finding yourself anxious for your impending gatherings, fatigued, easily drained, avoidant, annoyed or irritable, know you are not alone and it doesn't mean anything other than you now have an invitation to tend to yourself and your mental health a bit more.

A common concern I hear from my clients about this, is the guilt that can come from feeling this way. Being able to hold space for that guilt is important, AND allow yourself to move through that guilt (and all of the other feelings that are coming up) rather than feeling stuck there.

One way to do just that is by acknowledging that it's there AND not hold judgment of yourself. Remember to go slow, take your time, and take time for yourself.

12/06/2023

College life. It's a time for connection, learning, growth.

And as you come into that growth more questions come.

"Is this the right place for me?"
"Am I really getting the education I need?"
"Is this really what I want to do with me life?"
"Why does everyone else seem to have their 💩together?"

Can college can be some of the best years of your life? - Yes.

AND it can also be some of the most challenging .... it is after all one of the greatest lifetime adjustments you will experience.

And what if in that experience you sift through all of that uncertainty and still feel lost?

This is a natural part of the process, but it certainly feels more tolerable when you can have someone you trust, walk along side you as you're sifting through it all.

Part of my area of expertise, is not just working with folks who might be managing their anxiety, but managing their anxiety while they are going through a big life adjustment.

So if you are finding yourself here, approaching the end of your semester, or quarter of school and needing someone to help sort through it with you, reach out today to schedule your consultation. That way you can start off your next semester or quarter with a clearer vision of what you might actually want for your life.

12/04/2023

As human beings we are taught to ask questions to learn. Asking questions is one of our most powerful practices to gain knowledge and understanding.

But we are rarely, if ever, taught to turn inward and ask questions of ourselves.

This is powerful practice that you can easily begin implementing. Especially when phrased with intention for tending to your mental health.

How have you taken care of your mental health today?

If you are in need of more support, especially around this time of year, reach out and easily schedule a consultation so you can begin to create lasting practices for your mental health.

11/30/2023

Using just 2 words, there are multiple ways to describe this image:

No time.
Over-worked.
Feeling overwhelmed.

As you approach the end of the year, there can tend to be this push to get all the things done, especially when it comes to work.

In reality what’s actually happening here in 2 words are: poor boundaries.

That may seem like an over-simplification.

When your boundaries are flimsy you often see:

- meetings run way past the allotted time
- Emails coming in earlier in the morning or later in the evening
- Never getting off from work on time.
- Eating any /all of your meals in front of your computer/at your desk
- Having a mentality of “I don’t have time to take a break today.”
- Expectations to be *on* from an earlier to a later time into the night
- Ignoring your colleagues boundaries

When your boundaries are too loose, you need to ask yourself “what is it costing me to have poor boundaries?”

By not taking proper care of your relationship with your work it’s costing you:

Time.
Money.
Connection.
Peace.
Space.
Growth.

So ask yourself:

- What kind of relationship do I want to have with my work?
- What parts of me am I dismissing by practicing “over-working?”
- Where am I not upholding my own boundaries with myself or others?

Even if you never set out to over-work or be chronically overwhelmed as an intention, it can happen because you weren’t clear about what your boundaries are. This is not a bad thing, but as soon as you can create more clarity in what it is you want within the hard work that you do, you will be able to create practices that feel more in alignment with how you want to live. AND it will allow you to actually be in relationship with your work the way that you want to.

Let’s connect if you are finding yourself in this position and needing a space for processing this relationship with your work and a place where you will be held accountable so you can close out this year feeling grounded, clear, and certain about what your 2024 work life can look like.

11/21/2023

Working from home certainly has its perks.