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Why emotions need structure, not avoidance I recently read about something they do in Finland called “worry hour.” For 15–30 minutes, children are invited to worry on purpose. They write it down. They draw it. They name the fears, the what-ifs, the things that feel big. And when the time is up, they put it away. The goal isn’t finding a solution or arriving; it is giving the emotion regulation and space. As someone who struggles with suppressing “negative emotions”, I find th

sometimes therapy happens in an office. sometimes it happens on a trail. Recently I’ve begun incorporating walk-and-talk therapy into my practice, and I’ve noticed how regulating it can be, especially for clients struggling with anxiety, depression, or intense trauma histories. Something shifts when we step outside and begin moving. The rhythm of walking, inhale, exhale, left foot, right , helps calm the nervous system, much like EMDR does through bilateral movement. Talking

There are moments when the mind gives you an image so vivid it feels like truth wrapped in metaphor. For me, it came during a long run, an image of a blood-soaked wound entangled in chaotic stitches , so messy I couldn’t tell where the stitches began and where the wound ended. And then the realization came: This is what happens when you try to stitch your pain together with the allure of sin, when you attempt to hold yourself together using what ultimately harms you. Those st

Parenting teens is not for the faint for heart..here are some helpful tips while you are in the middle of the chaos