Talking Your Way to Change

26/10/2025

Happy Halloween!

15/09/2025

Social Media primes us for upward social comparisons, which have been associated with poorer body image, subjective well-being, mental health, and self-esteem. We compare ourselves to others and make self-evaluations about how similar or dissimilar we are.
It is good to remember that someone always has more or less sprinkles than we do.

08/08/2025

Psychotherapy helps you explore the often hidden, intricate, and mysterious parts within ourselves. There is great multiplicity of the mind. Internal Family Systems allows us to connect with these parts and connects us with our own inner self wisdom.

27/11/2024

The holidays can be a particularly difficult time of year and although the "holiday blues" are not a clinical mental health illness it is a common occurrence. There are many factors that contribute to this including unresolved relationship issues, unconscious drives, societal pressures, consumerism, family tensions, financial burdens, and certainly this year, the political environment. I have created a Mental Health Took Kit available for purchase on Etsy. Perhaps it could be the gift you give yourself! Happy Holidays. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1809029313/10-coping-strategies-for-the-holiday?click_key=bff8b344bd83c28699b5afe0a6f1d18227182332%3A1809029313&click_sum=91061ddd&ref=shop_home_active_2

03/11/2024

Psychotherapy is an excellent venue for discovering how to utilize motivation. Part of this might be discovering that your mental health is getting in the way. It might also be that you do not understand that motivation is a skill and not a state. Discipline can often help. So can knowing your values.https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xan0/episodes/44-How-to-Stop-Avoiding-Stuff-with-Acceptance--Commitment-Therapy-Interview-with-Matt-S--Boone-e10ivq3

03/11/2024

Often times people think they do not have a "passion" or are not a "motivated person." Of course, mental health conditions greatly decrease this area of our functioning. However, motivation is a skill and not lasting. It tends to grow after we take action. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xan0/episodes/44-How-to-Stop-Avoiding-Stuff-with-Acceptance--Commitment-Therapy-Interview-with-Matt-S--Boone-e10ivq3
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03/11/2024

One way to feel more empowered about our lives is to focus on how work or team goals can benefit us personally. Learn to identify achievable and stretch goals just for yourself. Often evaluating and judging get in the way of our sense of self-agency. The belief that you have control in your life. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xan0/episodes/44-How-to-Stop-Avoiding-Stuff-with-Acceptance--Commitment-Therapy-Interview-with-Matt-S--Boone-e10ivq3

11/10/2024

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11/10/2024

Check out my guide on how use restructuring too create new habits and a new mindset. https://talkingyourwaychange.etsy.com/listing/1806490761/step-by-step-guide-to-anxiety-reliefcbt

14/03/2024

Understanding and identifying survivor guilt. 5 Concepts to help yourself heal or understanding others. Using interviews from the Holocaust survivors, HIV AIDS epidemic, and US Veterans.https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xan0/episodes/72-What-is-Survivor-Guilt-The-War-Within-e2h084lhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xan0/episodes/72-What-is-Survivor-Guilt-The-War-Within-e2h084l

09/03/2024

Predicting Risk for Alcohol Use Disorders.

09/03/2024

As parents we can share this information with our youth as they begin to experiment with alcohol so that they might think differently about who is the life of the party and what that might mean down the road. It might not be something to aspire to.

Objective: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) remains an urgent public health problem. Longitudinal data are needed to clarify the role of acute subjective responses to alcohol in the development and maintenance of excessive drinking and AUD. The authors report on 10 years of repeated examination of acute a...