Sage & Spruce Counseling

10/07/2016

You have my permission to eat a big, gooey, fudgy, sugar-filled brownie...

What if there was a way to achieve glowing, perfect, vibrant health for you and your family? To start, you can't eat sugar - it's more addictive than crack! And...

09/16/2016

"What if we can have the flexibility and compassion to be where we are and who we are in every moment, without having to fortify it with a series of optimistic statements about our credentials as a good human?"

http://www.sageandsprucecounseling.com/single-post/2016/09/16/The-Problem-With-Self-Esteem

I sat in my office, Sarah frowning across from me, her hands clasped tightly and her foot tapping. I could feel sweat rolling down my back. I had failed as a th...

09/08/2016

What happens when we stop fighting pain, and listen? What will it tell us about our life?

http://www.sageandsprucecounseling.com/single-post/2016/09/08/What-Our-Bodies-Know

We were 15 years old, working at an Evangelical summer camp, gangly and awkward and prickling with self-consciousness at the hips and breasts that were determin...

09/07/2016

A little reminder from Thich Nhat Hanh...

09/02/2016

"At the end of this sentence, stop reading, close your eyes and take three slow, deep breaths, in and out, right into your belly, then open your eyes slowly.

Did you feel that? As if the shaken-snow globe of your insides began to settle? As if the wild flurry of anxieties and tensions and unsteadiness shifted, the wind calmed, and you could feel a warmth and clarity begin to quietly rise?"

http://www.sageandsprucecounseling.com/single-post/2016/08/10/Just-Breathe

It is a resource abundant to us, free, ever-present. It is the very thing that connects us to life, to our body, to our heart and mind and soul. In the midst of...

09/02/2016

Did you know that teeth grinding is a sign of anxiety? Or how about night sweats? Anxiety can manifest in a lot of interesting ways while we sleep!

Every night, I walk quietly through the house and carry out a bedtime routine - let the dogs out, turn off the lights, lock the doors. I frequently stop by my k...