Research shows that individuals with a secure attachment style tend to have greater emotional well-being and more intimacy and trust in their relationships. But what about those who have struggled with attachment trauma and insecure attachment in their past? This is where earned secure attachment comes into play. By understanding the context that has shaped your attachment style, you can work towards developing a secure foundation for your relationships moving forward.
Your soul does not need habits. Your soul needs play and imagination and pleasure!
Enter in what I hope to persuade you into reading more of: smut. You may have heard of smut because it’s a growing category of popularity in the Bookstagram and #BookTok areas of the internet.
Sessions can be more affordable, but the level of savings is not proportional to the rate cut for providers. So when you pay for therapy, although you’re paying less, your money is going toward the company BetterHelp—its advertising, parent company investors, and overall profit, not toward paying your therapist. This will undoubtedly impact the therapeutic relationship, which is “at least as vital to a positive outcome as using the right treatment method” according to the American Psychological Association.
I think that the pathway to creating loving men is through showing men the love, care, and open embrace of all parts of their humanity. It’s important to remember that nothing about masculinity is inherently toxic. Masculinity can be beautiful, generative, and nurturing when it isn’t strangled by sexist ideals.
Easter can mean whatever you want it to mean. It can represent rebirth of yourself– who are you this year, in this season? Who do you want to be known as in the community that you are currently working on building? It can also represent stillness and an invitation to be outside, to be with others who feel and think like you.
You are not in this alone. You were never meant to be. Each and every one of us innately possesses strengths to live more enriching, joyful lives; let us help you to (re)connect to your strengths to find well-being.
I often notice folks worrying that work isn’t something we should be spending time on in the therapy room. “I should just be grateful that I have a job,” or “Work isn’t really that important to me,” or “Everyone hates work, it is what it is”…But just like relationships, big life transitions, and any of life’s challenges, work has a huge impact on mental health, so let’s talk about it.