π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! Hi, A quick reminder that we are meeting LIVE via Google Meet this Friday, October 27th at 12 pm EST-- -please join if you're able! The link for the call is above; however, if you'd like to be added to the calendar invitation so it shows on your calendar, please email me to let me konw and I'll add you. We will be checking in with how everyone's doing during these very difficult days and also on the agenda,...
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Cardigan Club I'm going to be honest and vulnerable: I have no idea what to say right now, except this. I don't want to make it about me (more than I already have, lol)...but I know others are going through similar circumstances, so here goes:I've had COVID for the past 2 weeks. This has been scary, frustrating, and hard for a number of reasons. I definitely have noticed less energy. I made the decision to postpone and reschedule my EMDR training, the main thing I was going to give focus to...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
Cardigan ClubIt's a Season for No!To whom and/or what are you saying no?Are you noticing signs of burnout? I'm starting to - apathy, dread, overwhelmed...those are some of my earlier signs I've learned to recognize. I've made some tough decisions, with the help of some colleagues and friends, to do some cutting back on my obligations. What this means: I'm not going to be active on much social media aside from Instagram & Twitter. And who knows what's happening on Twitter, so you can find me...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! π£ Join Cardigan Club on Facebook π£ It's Self-Care September How's your self-care going lately? Check out this monthly calendar from Action for Happiness - they do one each month with a theme and this month's is for self-care! Small ideas that are very do-able each day to practice. We cannot self-care our way out of systems of oppression AND we still need to take care of ourselves to survive & thrive. The...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! π£ Join Cardigan Club on Facebook π£ Report on the Retreat in AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina is a gorgeous and funky place. I went there for the first time last summer and was happy to return earlier this month for a retreat for therapists to learn how to host retreats. Our hosts, Patrick and Jennifer, were amazing and truly modeled what hosting entails. It was a wonderful, first-hand experience to immerse...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! Are you in therapy? Are you in your own therapy? Hey, no judgment either way- I've been in therapy and not been in therapy during my time as a therapist. There are barriers for us, just like all clients, to enter that process. As much as we support the idea, what about the time, the energy, and/or the cost? You may have thoughts like I do, "Do I really need it? Would I be, 'taking a spot' from someone else?...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! I recently tweeted this: Dear Therapist, I know itβs tempting to compare yourself to colleagues: to their accomplishments, their website, their social media, their skills, their side gigs, etc, etc. Please know you are enough and you donβt need to be doing all the things! It seemed to resonate with many, and I'm not surprised. Underneath our layers of burnout, stress, compassion fatigue, depression, and/or...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! Sustainability When you hear sustainability, you may think of recycling or climate change. Of course, those are important, we need to take care of our Earth for human survival. Today I want to talk about sustaining ourselves in our careers of mental health. There is a lot to say; however, I've promised you, dear reader, a short newsletter. I'll keep it brief with a few thoughts:Short-Term: How to get through...
over 1 year agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
π§₯ Cardigan Club π§₯ Put on your fav cardigan, grab your beverage, get cozy, and enjoy! Burnout Check In In my consultation group last week, our leader Ilyse mentioned the topic was burnout and she asked how we responded to hearing that. I was excited to talk about it, which likely wasn't a response people were expecting. I don't think it's talked about enough, which is one of the reasons I started this newsletter. Burnout is a part of being a mental health provider. It comes with the territory:...
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