Social Media and Mental Health – Stop Comparing
So much about social media is fake, yet we all make the mistake of comparing what we do privately to what other people post for public consumption. This book, while dark at times, is reminding me that everyone is fucked … Continued
The Difference Between Fault and Responsibility
I’ve been reading, as some of you who follow on Instagram may know, the very popular book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and the other day I got through a section where the author, Mark Manson, spent … Continued
Please Talk to Your Kids Before Someone Else Does
First off, before we get into this I want to point out that this post is going to tangentially talk about something that I know is a very controversial topic for many of you, pornography. I’m not going to argue … Continued
Confidence and Anxiety
A post shared by Michelle Stahley, LCPC (@windycitytherapy) on Feb 7, 2018 at 5:37pm PST This Instagram post by @windycitytherapy spoke to me recently. It spoke to me on two different levels actually. The first one was that this is … Continued
No Matter Your Motivation Sharing That Video is a Crime
I saw a few people post about this over the weekend, and then again today I spotted this warning: Police issue a warning about a child pornography video circulating on Facebook As the article points out, sharing that video of … Continued
You Are An Individual, not a Study.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we think about scientific studies, and how they are covered by the media in this age of Twitter and Facebook. I’ve also been thinking too about much of what is covered in … Continued
Life Lesson From 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After hearing much critical acclaim for the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, we decided we would catch a matinee showing this weekend. It’s an interesting movie, full of lots of things to think about, but for the purposes of … Continued
Another Trip Around the Sun
As we come to the end of another year many of us, myself included, look back at 2017 and recount the places we’ve been, the people we met, what we accomplished, what we didn’t, the people we’ve lost and start … Continued
You Don’t Get There All At Once
During the holiday break, I was lucky enough to get to spend some time offline, taking in some new Louisiana Holiday traditions and visiting with family. One of the more relevant conversations that we had to readers of this blog … Continued
Every Individual Has a Story
If you spend much time reading about mental health issues, or child abuse issues, you will eventually make your way to quite a large number of articles that encourage people to speak out and tell their story. We see it … Continued