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Gratitude as a Practice

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

Issues: gratitude, happiness, improvement, intention, journaling, meditation, mindfulness, practice, self-help, thankful, wellbeing, writing

Written by Alexa Rives, MA, LPCC Staff Therapist, Pennock Center for Counseling With the annual reminder to practice gratitude nearing, we would like to provide our readers with the opportunity to explore ways to improve and increase gratitude throughout your life and your year – not just for the holidays. Practicing gratitude has the potential […]

The Power of Gratitude

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

Issues: anxiety, depression, gratitude, help, meditation, mental health, self-care, stress, thankful, Thanksgiving

Article by Laura Gutierrez, LPC Humans struggle with a bias known as Negativity Bias. The negativity bias highlights our human tendency to give more importance to negative experiences than to positive or neutral experiences. Some people have a stronger tendency to engage in this bias to the point that it can become crippling, but we […]

Mindfulness in a Moment…(when you DON’T have time to be Mindful!)

Thursday, December 21st, 2017

Issues: meditation, mindfulness, self-care, stress relief

Written by Rachel Morici-Leirer, LPC ; Your mind is on a million things all at once at work. Those of us that study mindfulness tend to forget to do it. Why? As stated in the book “Mindfulness for Dummies at Work,” by Shamash Alidina, “The reason you forget to be mindful is because your brain’s […]

Slow Down: Embrace the Changing Seasons

Wednesday, November 15th, 2017

Issues: holidays, meditation, mindfulness, relax, self-care, slow down

Article by Leslie Larsen, LCSW When you’re busy juggling work and family, a social life, and countless other things, it’s easy to let the seasons slip away. Taking time to stop and smell the roses (or in this case, the mulled cider) is important for both your mental and physical health. Indulge Your Desire to […]

Cultivating Loving Kindness Through Meditation

Monday, November 14th, 2016

Issues: empathy, happiness, loving-kindness, meditation

By Leslie Larsen, LCSW What is loving kindness? Loving-kindness is described by Hoffman, Grossman, Hinton (2011) as a mental state of unselfish and unconditional kindness for all beings. Is this an ideal time for cultivating unconditional kindness? Yes, now is the perfect time. You may be asking yourself, how do I begin cultivating more kindness? […]