I noticed, during the nearly eight hours my husband and I were stuck on the side of I-5 after the wheel came off our little trailer on the second day of our travels, a thought that shows up for me now and then. It’s this: “I’ve already met my quota.”…

By Lynn Otto, LPC – GroundShift Counseling I’m not saying ignorance is bliss, but sometimes more information isn’t helpful. This post invites you to reflect on the impact of information overload on your wellbeing, and the possibility of living well with uncertainty. Maybe you were born into the information age,…

I’ve been thinking about Andrew Boyd’s book I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor. It’s good, it’s hard, and it’s genuinely helpful. If you’re struggling with climate anxiety and grief (or anxiety and grief about other current events), Boyd is a good…

Sometimes it happens that a belief system that has long helped us make sense of ourselves and our world—that provided answers to the big questions in life—no longer works for us. We find ourselves unable to hold onto it, unable to keep believing or seeing the world in a particular…

“I’ve been using ChatGPT to work through some past traumas, and I think I need to talk to a therapist.” This is what one of my clients said when we met for the first time in a free 15-minute phone consultation (and I am sharing this with the client’s permission).…