
The cage that pretends to be control…
The Cage We Choose: When Self-Blame Feels Safer Than Powerlessness Recently, while I was reading Robert Sapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, a striking experiment caught my attention: A rat is
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The Cage We Choose: When Self-Blame Feels Safer Than Powerlessness Recently, while I was reading Robert Sapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, a striking experiment caught my attention: A rat is

Vervewell Counseling’s Heather Chandler, LPC and Beth Clardy Lewis, LPC-S team up with our partners at Sky Women’s Health…THREE times: our podcast, their podcast and their upcoming Menopause event.

Pausing to notice your collection of small, significant steps… I know it can feel like your mind automatically scans for what’s wrong, what still hurts, what hasn’t changed yet, or where

Vervewell’s Jason Leito, LPC shines a light on the opportunity that shows up each time we may backtrack…and we all backtrack. Have you ever felt like you were finally making progress,

Vervewell’s Heather Chandler, LPC shines a light on adult children and their frequent struggle to thrive In my work with clients, I discover that many adult children struggle to thrive, and

My first self-help book (part personal memoir) was released a year ago! While I have been humbled and in awe of the amount of people who have purchased my book, the