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Friends with the Old Folks
"I just like to do nice things for people," she said. "I want them to feel like we have a bond and we can have fun together." Spending...
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Evolution of Life
Over the past couple of months a lot has been changing in my life. In fact, almost everything has changed. My schedule, my family, my...
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Walk Alone
Last week I spent some time in Colorado visiting a friend. While I was there I took some time to adventure out on my own, just looking...
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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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Fear of Vulnerability
What are you afraid of? "I'm not afraid of anything," is what you are supposed to say. There's pressure in a fast moving world of...
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A++ or B?
You're doing your book report in middle school. You read the book, brainstormed, made an outline, then flushed out the paragraphs. You...
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Laugh to Relieve Stress
While on a trip this past weekend with a friend, I was reminded again of how powerful laughter can be. She and I talked about so many...
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Free to Love
Over my almost twenty years as a counselor, there are a few goals clients have set that encapsulate what I believe many humans long for....
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How Tech Impacts Our Kids: A Review of The Anxious Generation
I finally made it through one of the most popular recent best sellers: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is...
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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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Back to the Basics
A sailor on a yearlong journey across the ocean has no control over the weather he will encounter. Some days he wakes up to clear skies,...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Dec 30, 2024
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Not the Happy Answer
Living in a culture that doesn't handle grief very well can be very invalidating. Most of us have experiences from time to time that...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Dec 17, 2024
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Be WITH Me
Sometimes in life we are faced with a decision that only we have the power to make. Maybe it affects others, but the turning point...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Dec 2, 2024
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Come Back into Your Body
With all the tasks that come with adulting, it's easy to lose track of your present self. We're constantly looking forward and backward...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Nov 18, 2024
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Shake the Dust: Boundaries in Action
How much is too much? How long is too long? As followers of Jesus are we called to make tenacious effort? How about endless effort? I...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 28, 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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Is God Good Enough?
Most troubles in life can be solved by asking this question. Tragedy strikes. We don't have what we need. Humans fail miserably. Is God...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 14, 2024
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The Psalms Normalize Our Humanity
The Bible is such a wonderous collection of books. We call it God's Word because it is an incredible story telling of God's work and...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Oct 1, 2024
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The Tunnel of Grief
The culture I live in does not support grief well. We do a lot to avoid feeling sad. We get busy. We rapid fire stimulate our brains. We...
Brandi K Harris, MS, LPC & LMFT
Sep 23, 2024
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