by Martha White, LMHC-NCC | Apr 14, 2020 | Newsletter
Resilience is the bend of a flexible being, one able to withstand storms from without. Persistence, grit, determination, adaptability and acceptance of change: all part of resilience. When you peer into the heart of resilience, however, you find relationship to self...
by Martha White, LMHC-NCC | Apr 8, 2020 | Newsletter
In my last newsletter I talked about catastrophizing. Catastrophizing is launched when we are deeply physiologically fearful. Below are 3 ways of spending time that can help calm those primal, deep limbic fears that are triggered by the uncertainty from COVID-19. PLAY...
by Martha White, LMHC-NCC | Apr 5, 2020 | Newsletter
What is catastrophizing? It is a cognitive distortion—an invented story of impending doom. This story is an over inflation of emotional/relational dangers, which activates a biologic threat response (panic, fear, terror, dysregulation) leading to internal physiologic...
by Martha White, LMHC-NCC | Mar 23, 2020 | Newsletter
Below are a few simple ways to reduce anxiety. When we focus on what we can control, we will feel less anxious! GRATITUDE Gratitude is one sure way of reducing anxiety—the anxiety we feel when we look ahead and see so many unknowns. Gratitude grounds us in the present...
