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Musings and photos from a traveling therapist
Navigating the road of life is hard!
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“Brinn, you have a knack for articulating complex concepts into practical, easy to understand (and relate to) processes.”
Do You Feel Like an Animal in a Cage?
Have you ever had one of those thoughts that feels so automatic and natural you don’t even question it? You just ASSUME it's true. The thought makes sense, maybe there's data to back it up, so you continue on.
What's Been Good About This Year?
One year ago next week, I registered for arguably the second-most influential investment for my life so far. The month prior, my sister-in-law had sent me a newsletter from a friend of hers who helps women write their memoirs. And I was DESPERATE for guidance in that department.
We're All Basically Appliances.
My first thought when I saw the above sign on an electric cart at the grocery store was, “I NEED one of those!” Imagine, what if we all had a sign to wear when we needed to recharge? 🪫
What's Your Morning Routine?
What’s your morning routine? We all have one. Hitting snooze on the alarm 5x is a routine, rushing out the door, grabbing coffee to go, these are all routines, but they might be UNINTENTIONAL routines. But are there INTENTIONAL routines that you want?
What Does Your Intuition Say?
Recently, the topic of intuition has been popping up in conversations. Does it exist? Do only some people have it? Is it a mystical force outside yourself? Or is it based on your subconscious and past experiences? All great questions and all kinda unknown! At least to the average person.
The Rainbow
Rainbows remind me that even though there is dark, there’s also so much beauty.
Which Tools Do You Use?
I wanted to share a little story with you that happened while I was in Italy with my family. It all started with an ego bruise.
"You're Building Worlds, That Don't Exist..."
Do you ever MAKE UP conversations with other people inside your head? Like you’re REHEARSING what you think is about to happen? I do this ALL. THE. TIME!
When was the Last Time You Played?
Last week one of the folks in the Mindset Reset sent me a HILARIOUS video (see below) of her saying her affirmation in Free Spirit mode. What is Free Spirit mode you ask? It means she was a little silly and spontaneous and didn't care about negative judgment from others. Much like the picture above of me playing with nephew 😉
The Highest Form of Self-Love
We are officially into Week 2 of the Mindset Reset, the August Affirmation Initiative and it's got me thinking a lot about COMMITMENT.
Where Are You Going?
In 2 days, I’m jetting off for an Andean adventure in Peru. In a few months I'll be lounging in Italy, and maybe working in Hawaii in between. We're likely heading south for the winter and in the past 3 months, traveled through 12 different states.
For The Love of Community
After being on the road the last 2 months, I've come to miss a lot of things from home. While #vanlife is beautiful and exciting, it can be challenging and down right hard sometimes!
Changes on the Horizon
Over the past year I’ve been seeing, on average, 28 therapy clients per week. Through a pandemic, telehealth, protests, 2 rounds of fires, moving and caretaking for my grandmother, and the result, much like everyone else, was BURN OUT.
Body Image Blues Part 2
As a way to help heal my younger-self who dealt with a lot of body image blues, I decided to write a letter from the perspective of my teenage self. I have named her, and she wrote a letter to me.
Body Image Blues
Lately, I have been feeling shame, embarrassment, sadness, and grief for the part of myself that hates my body. Yes, I have major Body Image Blues.
Where Do You Go When You're Triggered?
Where do you go when you get triggered? How do deep feelings show up in your life? Do you get sad? Do you shut down and feel numb? Do you feel rage in the depths of soul? Do you get scared or frightened? Do you feel like you don’t belong and that nobody will ever understand?
Let's Talk about Talking: Part III
In the last two blog posts, Let’s Talk about Talking Parts I & II, we discussed a variety of nuanced components of communication that are important to understand for clear expression. Now, we will walk through a hands-on model to use when expressing yourself to someone else.