Conscious Living Counseling & Education Center

12/16/2025

Endings. New Beginnings. We’re closing out 2025 and making space for what’s next. Wishing you clarity in both mind and heart as the new year arrives.

12/10/2025

"The needless suffering of millions of people continues because of a lack of both awareness about OCD and clinicians adequately trained to diagnose and treat it properly. Stigma, shame, lack of health insurance coverage, and high costs are also significant barriers to care."

https://iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Full-Report-Americas-OCD-Care-Crisis-12-9-2025.pdf

12/07/2025

Learning to feel like yourself around others is an essential art. Build community… but also definitely, definitely find your people!

12/04/2025

Hey, Health Anxiety... please rule out dehydration before you panic-Google neurological conditions. Bodies twitch.

11/26/2025

I recently came across this quote and tried to trace its source. No luck.

The language's simplicity mirrors the simplicity of the action it asks for. But something about this wording lands.

The simplicity of the language in the quote mirrors the simplicity of the action.

Keep it simple.
Do the thing that moves your life forward.
If it works, repeat it often.

11/18/2025

People don’t drop perfectionism because they suddenly stop caring — they drop it when they see others getting better results without it.

At some point, you realize you’ve been sacrificing something bigger (your health, peace, time, relationships) for something smaller (a perfect email, a flawless plan, the “right” moment).

Perfect is a small target. Small targets give you momentary, specific dopamine highs. Boring. GO bigger.

11/04/2025

It’s confusing, isn’t it? New treatments are marketed to you, then go away, ineffective products are over-priced, effective products are not researched…. Will you have the correct information when you need it the most?

Partner with your therapist to take the gold standard intervention and combine it with your own strategies and insights. Learn to listen and trust yourself. Your therapist can model what it’s like to live with a curious mind, adaptive brain, and balanced body… but the control lies with you. You must practice new things and see what’s real for you. This is more important than ever. Look inward. Acquire the right tools to create a resilient inner compass.

10/27/2025

Most of your deadlines come from you.

Wild, right? You actually have more control than you realize.

Anxious minds are wired for speed and eagerness. Try this experiment:
👉 Block off time in your schedule when you don’t want to work.
Notice what shifts.

You might get pushback (from others or yourself), but that’s your cue to ask:
Why does this feel urgent?
That pause opens space for better solutions.

The real trap is saying “yes” automatically and crunching your schedule — that’s how we stay stuck in a chronic state of urgency and overdrive.

Let your wellness set the pace.
Prioritize health, sleep, connection, and meaningful work.
That’s where the best results live. 🌿

10/21/2025

Friendly reminder. Make the most of 2025. Take some time to pull out your calendars, book those vacations, or optimize your time! We all need a booster this year. Also, remember that Democrats and Republicans have been neighbors for a very long time and have a long history of coexisting. Peace and joy to all as we head into this holiday season.

10/13/2025

Did you know IBS is no longer considered a mental health condition? If you've been told this, it's time to revisit this with an expert. With or without IBS, you should know that the gut is the center of your body's universe. The gut is the most impacted by food (or what's ingested) and stress. But your gut should be able to handle a lot of stress! There are other metabolic consequences at play here if you're struggling in this area, and you can find more answers to help. We're in a weird time right now, where hormones and gut education are coming from non-experts on social media. Some of this is helpful, but it isn't personalized! Hormone health and gut recovery 100% needs to be personalized! Where do you start? This book is a good start. AT CLC, K**a provides what she refers to as "metabolic mental health," which recognizes the impact that glucose metabolism, gut health, and hormone health have on mental health. Mental health improves when you heal these areas. These areas don't improve if mental health improves. Interesting right!

10/08/2025

🧠 As adults, our brains are constantly integrating past experiences and predicting the future.

When your brain makes too many false predictions or gets stuck in rumination loops, you start to distrust itself:

😰 You feel anxious about a future you can’t rely on.
🌀 You get stuck replaying a past you can’t learn from.
🚫 Learning in the present becomes harder.

✨ CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) can change this. It helps you become a better historian of your past and a more accurate predictor of future threats — giving your nervous system permission to settle into the present moment, where thriving happens.

09/11/2025

Premenstrual Exacerbation (PME) of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been reported in 20-42% of women, often occurring in the premenstrual phase and extending a few days past the beginning of a woman's period. For OTHER ANXIETY conditions, women can experience worsening social anxiety, panic attacks, and an increase in repetitive negative thinking.

Premenstrual exacerbation of an existing psychiatric disorder refers to the worsening of symptoms inherent to the condition during the premenstrual phase. Research consistently indicates that hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle present ...