Mindful Choices Therapy

Our experiences during the pandemic had a lot of commonalities, but everyone responded differently. Moving forward, it's alright to honor your own experiences and credit yourself for getting through it. https://www.psychologytoday.com//resilience-after-crisis-w

There's a lot of self-work people can do to become less defensive, and therefore, less prone to lashing out at their partner. But when defensiveness is a pattern, they may benefit more from professional relationship counseling. https://www.psychologytoday.com//why-small-disagreements-e

As we look forward to welcoming summer, we commemorate those who sacrificed for our freedom. We wish you a good Memorial Day!

People with diabetes have to be especially mindful of what they're consuming. But being mindful doesn't mean being judgmental about oneself, and specialists in diabetes are now working more closely with mental health counselors. https://www.niddk.nih.gov//eating-disorders-and-the-patien

When we're anxious, it's easy to get caught in cyclical thoughts that ultimately leave us drained. One of the most important ways to soothe anxiety is to get into the habit of being more analytical about those thoughts; they often get less scary the more you consider them. https://www.psychologytoday.com//responding-thoughts-drive

The sensation of "feeling fat" has all sorts of triggers, but actual weight fluctuation isn't one of them. Therapy can help a person to more accurately label what they're feeling and why. https://www.psychologytoday.com//the-role-feeling-fat-in-e

In this woman's memoir, she describes how she used to believe an eating disorder freed her. What she learned in recovery was that she was able to connect to other people more fully without it. https://www.npr.org//from-empty-to-satisfied-author-traces

There's no one kind of person who develops an eating disorder. It can happen to anybody, but recovery is always possible. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com//eating-disorders-myths-f

Often, a preoccupation with eating is a way to avoid feeling other things. Mindfulness allows us to observe what our bodies truly need and to focus on what we actually want. https://psychcentral.com//how-mindfulness-can-reframe-bod/

Dr. William Carey Shearer Mindful Choices Therapy would like to wish you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving!