"Allow yourself to feel your emotions. Next time you feel anxious or depressed, take a minute to thank your brain for trying to help and doing what it knows to do." Kayla Droscha | MA, LLPC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2021/10/r… #mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #anxiety #depression

"Your thoughts and emotions are not simply things that happen to you as a passive and helpless victim...there is hope for your present and your future, and that happens little by little, one step at a time." Drew Woznick | Counseling Intern secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2021/10/m… #mentalhealth

"When you find yourself faced with challenges, ask yourself which mindset you want to engage. Sometimes a simple shift of thinking can be the difference between a dead end and a world of possibility." Audrey Aukeman | MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2021/10/g… #mentalhealth #mindset

"What if I gave myself permission to do that with all the emotions I’m feeling about Uvalde? What if instead of posting memes and articles, I gave a voice to the sadness I feel?" - Michael Hazeltine, MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/.../06/of-grie… #uvalde #grief

"There is nothing we need or can add or subtract from our bodies in order to bless them as being good to and for us, because they are us. What ways do you want to begin to accept and bless your body?" -Kati Krogman, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2022/07/w… #bodyimage

"Ultimately, give yourself and others permission to feel hard things in order to learn and grow. Don’t dismiss negativity, rather listen and focus on what you can change and caring for yourself and others during difficult seasons." Olivia Campbell, MS, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2022/07/t…

"Developing friendships and community is one of the hardest things we can ever do, but it is so worth it." - Chuck Swanson, Counseling Intern secondstorycounseling.com/.../07/doing-l… #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #relationships

"Instead, today, I am going to do something I encourage my clients to do in difficult seasons..." -Kelsey Rondea, MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/.../feeling-li…...

"We live in a world where we have so many choices for everything...The problem arises when so many options paralyze our ability to make a decision." - Sara Hoekstra, MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/.../making-tho…...

"If you are feeling [these] symptoms...it can be helpful to know that burnout is a natural reaction to what we have all faced with the global pandemic and all of the times we have had to pivot and change over the past few years." - Deborah Stowie, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/.../08/rest-an…

"How have you been trained to handle emotions?...How your emotions were handled in all of the small or big moments growing up trained you how you handle your emotions today." - Kimberly Bytwerk, MA, LLC, ESMHL secondstorycounseling.com/.../core-emoti…... #mentalhealth

"...you can talk to someone who can help you validate your trauma and reprocess it to live a fulfilled life, while still acknowledging everything or anyone you lost." - Lauren Puckett, MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2022/09/g… #mentalhealth #pandemic

"What would happen if we listened to their [our protective parts'] stories? What if we showed them appreciation for their work in protecting us?...This is what we aim for when engaging in internal family systems therapy." - Tony VandenHoek, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/.../09/underst…

"Empathy can be detrimental when it becomes our default to relating to others and requires a more balanced approach." - Gabe Hernandez, MA, LLMSW secondstorycounseling.com/.../when-empat…... #mentalhealth #empathy

"I spend way too much time operating outside of my capacity and I find myself tired, overwhelmed and not my best self. This isn’t a failure, but an opportunity to live each day with more freedom." - Michael Walton, MDiv, MA, LPC secondstorycounseling.com/.../what-is-my…...

"Have you ever been listening to something, possibly music, a book or a podcast, and suddenly you realize you have no idea what you’ve been listening to?... The reality about listening is that it isn’t as simple as just listening." - Eric Winer, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/.../listening-…...

"What we experience ultimately determines what type of relationship we have with our bodies." - Lauren Schulke, LMSW secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2022/10/e… #embodiment #mentalhealth

"You don't always have a resolve to the situations that cause you stress. However, at the very least, you can allow yourself to finish your feelings." -Caitlyn Hannum, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/blog/2022/10/f…

"Often, people will discuss negative and positive emotions. What if there are no good or bad emotions?" - Laurel Backing, MA, LLC secondstorycounseling.com/.../making-sen…...

"The starting point of career exploration often is completing an online career assessment. Too often, though, the person simply takes a look at the results, thinks 'that’s interesting,' and then files it away." - Phil Nienhuis, MDiv, MA, LMSW secondstorycounseling.com/.../the-value-…...