Stephanie's Blog

Grounding means to connect to the earth and release built up energy that collects in the physical and mental bodies. Many of us have busy schedules where we are rushing from one thing to the next and spend very little time getting present in the moment. We are on our electronics, social media, television media... all of this has a tendency to leave us feeling ungrounded, out of sorts. Certain people in our lives, who are also ungrounded, can impact our own ability to feel

On June 17th, 2021, tennis superstar, Rafael Nadal tweeted that he will not play Wimbledon or in the Olympics as he is "listening to his body" in order to "prolong my career and continue to do what makes me happy". As a therapist, the supportive message this sends to those willing to hear is a departure of the typical message that tends to support working yourself into the ground. He's telling us that work is great, but sometimes we need to slow down and take inventory about

Top tennis athlete, Naomi Osaka, drew headlines when she refused to sit down at a press conference to answer questions by reporters. As a result she was fined $15,000 by the French Open Tournament Referee. Speculation began immediately as to why she was refusing to follow this protocol of the tournament. As mental health professional, it appeared likely to me that she was struggling with some mental health challenges that were too overwhelming to manage in front of lights,

The "sport" of backpacking is not for everyone, but in the time of COVID, where vacations and trips are limited depending on one's comfort level traveling farther than their hometown, it is a great way to connect to what, on most days/weeks/months, we might take for granted. The quiet solitude of being in the wilderness with a pack on your back, life consolidated to what you can carry and the day's focus purely on going from one tent site to the next, is an experience of min

A year ago, we had a sense that adapting to at home learning and working would be short lived. As time has marched on, we have realized that working and learning at home might become the "new norm". In this acceptance, and for some embracing, of todays lifestyle, we have found that our homes are not always equipped to have multiple work spaces, school learning spaces, and a quality environment for productive meetings. We have had to get creative on where to take meetings to

Todays experiences with finding ones "passion" has noticeably been replaced with have to's, must do's and need to's. In the day and age of checking off boxes, passion has become a lost art. Before the surge of technology, and people posting about their latest dining experience, or filling up our quiet time with screens, we had to go seek adventure. Often in the seeking, seeds of passion were planted. Babysitting, passion to parent, be a caregiver, or teach; legos, passio

Many would agree that the rapid deployment of Smart Phones in the early 2000's was both a blessing and a curse. We have all the information we could ever desire right at our fingertips. That's actually thee blessing AND the curse. As information and communication has become accessible at our fingertips, as a culture we have found ourselves more and more distracted from the relationships right in front of us. Numerous parents have come to my office complaining about their

How do we protect ourselves and our children’s psyche from the collective pain and suffering that has become all too familiar.