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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Dec 28, 2020
- 6 min
Understanding Stress & Burnout
None of us leads a stress-free life, so finding ways to manage our workloads and the demands of our day-to-day lives is necessary. There ...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Dec 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Deep Dive: A Personal Journey from Disordered Exercise to Intuitive Movement by Julia Oliver, RD
As a kid, I knew that I loved monkey bars, talking and walking with my friends during gym class, swimming in the ocean, and occasionally ...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Developing Resilience through Mindfulness
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from difficulty. One important component of resilience is the ability to sit with painful or dif...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
De-Stress During the Holidays
As you're likely all too aware, 2020 has been a uniquely challenging and stressful year. During an average year, the holidays can bring u...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
4 Tips to Improve Body Image
Body image is the way we perceive and act towards our body. Negative body image contributes to increased risk of eating disorders, depres...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
What's Your Relationship Style?
Our relationship styles and attachment patterns help us understand ourselves as individuals, as well as in the context of our relationshi...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
3 Ways to Manage Depression
I've been prone to depression for as long as I can remember. As a teenager (and into my 20s), I was pretty horrible at managing it. I did...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
What Causes Anxiety?
If you're familiar with the debilitating effects anxiety can have on someone, you might be familiar with one the common questions people ...
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Carrie Nicholes, LCSW-C
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
FAQs about Grief
Here's what one of Taylor Swift's new songs can teach us about grief.
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Thoughts on Grief
It’s safe to say that many of us have had to deal with some type of loss in our lives. Perhaps you’ve lost a family member who has passed...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Quiet Your Mind for Better Sleep
You've been busy all day, hopping from one thing to the next. Your mind and body feel tired, and you are eager for sleep. Your surroundin...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
8 Tips for Better Sleep
Sleep is such an important part of both our physical and mental health. Many clients who come to therapy with mental health problems also...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
How to Offer Validation and Support
We have all been faced with opportunities to support loved ones who are struggling in some way. Sometimes we rise to the occasion, while ...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
9 Tools for Effective Listening
Have you ever had an experience when someone shared something with you…and you just felt STUCK. You didn’t know what to say, didn’t know w...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Redirecting Thoughts
Have you ever felt stuck in your thoughts? Have you felt consumed by them, trapped in them, without any easy way out? These sticky though...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
Processing Difficult Emotions (Part Two)
As mentioned in our blog post earlier this week, one of my goals as a therapist is to help clients find a way out of the patterns that ar...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Processing Difficult Emotions (Part One)
Emotions, like waves, will rise and retreat. I often tell my clients that emotions are like waves that will rise and retreat. I say that ...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Boundaries 101
Boundaries help us to protect our sense of identity and establish safety/security in our relationships. Without boundaries, we may experi...
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Cedar Counseling & Wellness
- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
What's Your Communication Style?
Learning how to communicate is a crucial ingredient in developing healthy relationships built on honesty and respect. All too often, our ...
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