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melanie cooke M.A., Ed.M., LMHC
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Aug 11, 2024
Improving Your Relationship to Food: Not the Scale You Think
How to build a holistic relationship with food and your body using the hunger-fullness scale

Aug 4, 2024
Burnout or Balance? The Give and Take of Work
How to figure out what your work gives you and what it takes (burnout or balance?)

Apr 7, 2024
What Digestion Can Teach Us About Emotional Regulation
Our body's way of physically digesting can teach us a lot about emotional digestion & processing

Mar 31, 2024
'But That's Not What I Meant' : Intention v Impact in Conflict
This week, 'Therapy Begins with T(ea)' steeps on navigating conflict by considering both intention and impact through the 1+1=3 framework...

Mar 10, 2024
Intensity or Intimacy? The 'Tortoise and the Hare' of Relationships
This week, 'Therapy Begins with T(ea)' steeps on the important difference between intensity and intimacy & offers a body based check-in...

Mar 3, 2024
Why We Crave Warmth (and How to Practice Mindfulness through Coziness)
The importance of cultivating experiences of warmth -- physiologically and psychologically.

Feb 25, 2024
How To Feel In Control: External Locus vs. Internal Locus
The differences between an external locus of control & an internal locus of control

Feb 18, 2024
How to Actually Quiet a Busy Mind
The antidote to an anxious & 'busy' mind

Jan 7, 2024
Stressed Out: Is Your Nervous System Derailing You? How to Regulate and Find Balance
The key to regulating your nervous system is balance

Dec 31, 2023
Rebooting Your Habits: Why Choosing Rhythms Over Routines Can Transform Your New Year
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on how routines might actually fail us (not the other way around) and offers a body based...

Dec 17, 2023
The End-of-Year Résumé: Proving to Yourself vs Proving Yourself to Others
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the differences between proving to ourselves and proving ourselves to others & offers a...

Dec 10, 2023
Rest or Recharge: Understanding the Best Way to Cope with Burnout
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the difference between rest & recharge and offers a body based check-in to help you...

Dec 3, 2023
Navigating Anxiety and Triggers: Connecting with Your Inner Child and Inner Parent
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the connection between anxiety & our inner child and includes a body based check-in to...

Nov 5, 2023
Mastering Personal Boundaries: The How-to Guide for Building Better Relationships
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the 'how' of boundaries -- setting, communicating, and enforcing them -- and gives you...

Oct 29, 2023
Setting Healthy Boundaries: Understanding What They Are (and Aren't)
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on boundaries -- what they are and what they're not -- and offers an exercise to help you...

Aug 20, 2023
Mastering Mind Chatter: How Cognitive Defusion Can Tame Intrusive Thoughts
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on cognitive defusion, the mindful practice of detaching from our negative thoughts, and...
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