Codependence. It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Like two people in a mutually beneficial alliance. While dependent on one another because they’re so in love, they just can’t help themselves. Yet far from being something to aspire toward, the word belies the truth:...
If there’s anything worse than depression, it’s being depressed, and feeling as though you have no right, no reason to be. Feeling down, and then beating yourself up over it. But… how could I be depressed? I have so many blessings. You experience depression and end up...
Ready for this? You’ve experienced trauma. But have you attended trauma therapy in Roseville, CA? In fact, without even thinking too hard, you can probably list off five events that you wish you’d never gone through. Those moments in which you can still recall every...
Let’s start off with this: what to not do. In fact, let this be shouted from the rooftops. Do not quickly jump right back into a relationship, before you’re ready – before you’re healed. As a somewhat cruel fact of life – we are only aware of what we’re aware of. Our...
You’ve been noticing a change. Like a mylar balloon that’s still in the living room weeks after a celebration, the helium – your engagement and excitement about life – has slowly begun to dissipate. You feel hollow and empty, just like the balloon. Flat and...
Your heart rate increases as you make your way over to your phone. Having sent the text an hour ago, you have checked it at least 10 times since. After you hit the home button you see…nothing. No text, just the time. A big glaring reminder that over an hour has passed...
