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Tetris Brain
If you haven't noticed lately, my blogs have been less consistent. It's not that I'm more busy now or that it has stopped being an...
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Reckless Abandon
Being able to operate one-hundred percent freely is a privledge of only well-cared for children. When your parents have done a good job...
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Become the Party
Walking with a lot of clients through dating, I have watched an interesting transformation happen. Clients longing to connect often first...
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Ready to Grow Up? (Emotional Adolescent Version)
Many of us make it into adult life not exactly ready for adult life. Whether you left home at 18 or are still living under your parents'...
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Are You an Emotional Adult?
What does it mean to grow up? Oftentimes clients in my office come to a realization that they are relating to the world as helpless...
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Choose Vulnerability
In my work with humans and their relationships, I often find that so many of us long for connection and intimacy with one another, but...
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Forced or Chosen
Did you have to come to this party or did you get to? Did you have to work today or did you get to? Do you have to follow those rules or...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Dec 23, 2024
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Letter to Myself
Watching a clip from the Huberman Lab yesterday inspired me to write a letter to myself five years from now. It was so powerful! Being...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 21, 2024
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Out of Your Head
When I used to coach swimming, I learned there were two types of incredible athletes. The first was the hard worker. These humans showed...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 7, 2024
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Sitting with Yourself
One of the hardest things I've had to do lately is to sit with myself. Amidst sadness, loneliness, frustration, and disappointment, where...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Sep 2, 2024
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What Do I Have to Give? Treating Depression Through Giving
One of the trickiest elements of depression is the tendancy to start to believe that we have nothing to give. Depression causes us to...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Jun 24, 2024
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The Art of Vulnerability: Finding the Risks Worth Taking
Last week I spent traveling, which is something I don't do often. My love of my home and my hatred of having to sit still for too long...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Jun 10, 2024
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Own Your Story
Humans are story telling creatures. We understand through story. Stories hold our attention. We tell ourselves stories all the time about...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
May 20, 2024
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Kryptonite in the Desert
It's been a long time since I've seen Superman, but from what I remember he's an incredible dude with incredible superpowers except when...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Apr 15, 2024
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I Mean, Why? Why Not.
When I was in college, I decided to shave my head. I had always wondered what it felt like to actually be able to rub my own skull...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Mar 25, 2024
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Max: Finding Your Point of Exhaustion
If you've ever lifted weights, you know that every few weeks you find what's called your "max." To find your max, you warm up and then...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Mar 11, 2024
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A Poem About Shame
When we don’t look like the images we’re shown when we’ve never heard a story that sounds like our own the condemnation is heavy and the...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Jan 8, 2024
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No Really, It's Trauma
Doing EMDR work regularly now, I am realizing how many people prevent themselves from healing simply by refusing to recognize that their...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 2, 2023
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Five Steps for Developing Your Voice
In learning to use one's voice, it's easy to think you're not making any progress. For anyone first discovering that they have real...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Jan 30, 2023
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Burdens and Loads: Health in Community
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Jan 23, 2023
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