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Improvements in self-care often involve clear suggestions. For instance, if someone wants to lose weight, the individuals can define specific goals and tangible steps to take towards those goals. They can exercise, eat a proper diet, talk to a doctor, etc. Even for the “less concrete” self-care domains such as emotional and mental well-being, there…
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If you have been following the Caring Counselor blog, you have probably noticed a sharp drop in the amount of content being put out the past few weeks. I take personal responsibility for it and apologize to my audience. However, I needed a break and had to turn my focus inward. The culmination of family…
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It was 8:30 at night. I received a call on my cell phone from my dad, asking if I had gotten home from work yet. I told him no, as I had stopped for groceries on the way. I am not usually a “grocery shop late at night” person; however, we were expecting heavy…
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I was feeling nostalgic. I cleared out the middle of my bedroom floor. I mustered up enough strength to pull a large, blue, 50-gallon plastic tote from the back of my closet. This tote contains some of my most prized possessions including autographed sports memorabilia, my vast coin collection, photo albums, and so on. I…
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A few weeks ago, I touched on how to cope with addiction and self-care (https://atomic-temporary-130610338.wpcomstaging.com/2017/12/20/addiction-and-self-care/). For that post, I put up a status on my personal social media calling for recovering addicts from all backgrounds to answer a few questions. The response was overwhelming. It opened up my eyes to how prevalent addiction was in…
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As the year comes to a close, the hot topic around the water cooler is New Year’s resolutions. The barrage of questions comes in. “What are you gonna work on?” “You tryna lose weight like everyone else?” “What are you gonna quit?” We stop and think, as we are presented with these questions. We reflect on…
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Tip prior to reading: “Rock bottom” oft refers to substance use and addiction. I left the majority of terminology broad to allow it to be applied to other areas such as mental health and self-care. Feel free to apply as needed. While running a group therapy session about three or four years ago during my…
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I am an addict. Yes, your very own “Caring Counselor” is an addict, but not in the traditional sense. I have not once tried drugs or drank alcohol. My addictions are work and women. I recall my grandmother telling me a story about one time when my grandfather and she visited my family when I was…
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As any therapist new and old will tell you, discussing the usefulness of coping skills is vital with clients of all ages. I personally tend to have these conversations with my clients more often than some therapists do with theirs, as I now have a couple of years of working partial hospitalization under my belt…
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Like the vast majority of Earth’s population, I dread the commercialization of the holiday season. Everywhere you look there are ads for this year’s gizmo, gadget, and whatchamacallit. The ads have a way of guilt tripping you into spending hundreds of dollars and making you believe that your loved one cannot live without the unnecessary…
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