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Personal Growth
Sharickah Rogers, LPC

The Story I’m Telling Myself…

Have you ever been texting with a friend, see the 3 dots indicating that they are responding, and then the 3 dots go away? In that moment, you likely made up a story to explain why that happened. Maybe the story was that you came on a little aggressive with all those exclamation points and

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Mindfulness
Lana Banegas, LMFT

Mindfulness for Healthy Relationships

In reading Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book, “Wherever You Go, There You Are,” we learn the valuable way to stay present with our partner, to learn new things everyday about ourselves and our loved ones, through the practice of presence. Mindfulness is a simple concept. Its power lies in its practice and its applications. Mindfulness means paying

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Personal Growth
Lana Banegas, LMFT

Lauren’s’ Musings For Your Healing Journey

Greetings! I wanted to share with you a few quotes from some of my favorite authors at the moment. I invite you to take a look at these books, and use them on your healing journey. “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk “How to Do the Work” by Dr. Nicole LePera

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Personal Growth
Lana Banegas, LMFT

How Mindfulness Practices Can Positively Impact Your Day to Day

What is Mindfulness Meditation?   Mindfulness can be defined as: paying attention, on purpose, with intention, in the present moment, with loving-kindness and without judgement. Taking a mindful minute, to re-engage with the present moment, and notice your thoughts as they go by, like clouds in the sky, anchoring your attention to the inhale and exhale,

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Personal Growth
Lana Banegas, LMFT

Holidays & Relationship Growth: Eliminating Defensivess

Couples often struggle with conflict resolution in their relationship. This comes up a lot around the holiday season due to increased family pressures, relative visits and time together. It is natural and even important to have conflict, after all, we know that intimacy is developed in conflict (which is, by the way, simply defined as,

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Personal Growth
Lana Banegas, LMFT

Practices for Personal Growth in the New Year

As the new year and new decade begins you may find yourself involved in goal setting, visioning or simply setting New Years resolutions. You may be doing this because you are longing for growth, change and a fresh start in order to improve your quality of life. However, simply setting a New Year’s resolution does

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