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Feb 11, 2024
The Power of Living Wholeheartedly: An Antidote to Perfectionism
Choosing wholeheartedness over perfectionism

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 24, 2023
The Happiness Paradox: The Gap Between What We Want and What we know Brings True Happiness
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the happiness paradox of what would make us happy (versus what we already know does) and...

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 19, 2023
The Pressure of Perfect Holidays: Coping with Family and Anxiety
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on holiday anxiety and includes a body based check-in to help you navigate it. Therapy Begins...

Nov 12, 2023
Building Strong and Secure Relationships: The Importance of Understanding Why Boundaries Matter (Boundaries 301)
Boundaries are key characteristics of secure attachment and they help make vulnerability feel safer

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...

Sep 3, 2023
Why Hobbies Aren't Meant To Be Productive
Hobbies are important because they help us reconnect with our inner child

Aug 27, 2023
Exploring the True Meaning of Anger and Best Coping Strategies
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on what anger communicates to us and offers a way to cope with anger using a RAIN exercise....

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...

Aug 6, 2023
Bracketing: How to Regulate Your Emotions When It's Not The Right Time To Feel The Feels
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on how we can better regulate our emotions through 'bracketing' and offers tips of how to...

Jul 30, 2023
Finding Clarity: Understanding the Difference Between Anxiety Symptoms and Intuition Signals
This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on how our bodies' feedback can give us clarity on what we need and offers tips on how to...

Jul 23, 2023
Exploring the Connection Between Anxiety and the Nervous System: How Your Body Reacts to Stress.
A simple and effective way to de-activate when we're feeling anxious
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