We All Need Validation

This little movie will be the best 16 minutes of your day. It will make you smile and remind you of your internal compass that says, "We all need validation." The movie is my gift to you today, so give it away to someone you would like to see smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao


If you're having trouble smiling these days because of depression, anxiety, stress, or relationship problems, you can find me at Mariposa Psychotherapy. You reach me at 512-795-0402. I am located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, M-1, Austin, Texas 78759

Increasing Intimacy Principles

1. Show affection when ending a day's events--i.e. kiss when leaving for work, hug before going to sleep.

2. Provide your mate w/love and acceptance by at least once a day really listening to their stories & life view.

3. Shake up the relationship. Boredom fuels conflict. Take your mate on an unusual, out of the ordinary date.

4. Look for small things that are going right, what your partner is doing right, and give positive feedback.

5. Greet your mate w/affection upon waking and when returning from work.

If you would like to increase the intimacy in your relationship, you can reach me at 512-795-0402. I am located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, Austin, Texas, 78759

Is Your Work Draining Your Psychic Battery?

We spend most of our days doing some kind of work, paid or unpaid, it's still work. Are you doing the best work and are you doing the best at your work? Is your work draining you?

Would like your work to energize and motivate you to do great things? Here's a little movie that might help. http://www.greatworkmovie.com/

If your work has become a burden, we can find a new path. You can reach me at 512-795-0402. You can find more about me at Mariposa Psychotherapy. I'm located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, M-1, Austin, TX 78759

Fun Can Change Your Life

Fun is the child-like experience we have when we're in the moment, not thinking about the past or the future, and experiencing joy. Do you look for ways to have fun? Do you make it a goal to have fun?

When you experience fun, you re-create yourself. That's why it's called recreation. Like a battery that loses it's charge, all the seriousness of life depletes our inner resources. Our psychic battery is drained and needs to be recharged from time to time.

Here's a great little movie about how to let fun change your life.

http://www.eightprinciples.com/

If your life has drained your battery leaving you emotionally depleted and stuck, we can work on it. You can reach me at 512-795-0402. You can find me on my website Mariposa Psychotherapy. I am located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, M-1, Tx 78759

Are You The Best Version of Yourself?

Here's 5.75 questions you need to ask yourself.

http://www.fivebigquestions.com/

If you've always wanted to make changes but can't seem to meet that goal, we can work on it. You can reach me at 512-795-0402. You can find me at the Mariposa Psychotherapy website. I am located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, M-1, Austin, Tx 78759

Smile & Move

I love this little movie. So inspiring.

Faulty Thinking

Frequently in my practice, I find that clients come in thinking that something is terribly wrong with them because they are suffering emotionally. There is an unspoken message as they tell me about their suffering. "If I just did all the right things and lived my life the just right way, I would never suffer." For them, suffering is an oddity. And of course, it's hard for them to hear me say that happiness is the exception, not the rule.

Suffering is inevitable. Being human guarantees us an annual trip around the sun and suffering to some degree or another. It is atypical for people to find peace of mind, aka happiness. Think about it. How many people do you know who don't experience periods where they struggle with psychological pain from work, relationships, deaths of loved ones, etc.? We ALL put on our best face, for various reasons, and head out each day and try to do the best we can. And under that face from time to time, we're unhappy. And the very strange thing about this fact is that because we have "the advanced brain," we are the only creatures on the face of this planet that experience this kind of pain. Being about to think sure get us in trouble sometimes.

Often emotional pain holds us back from living the kind of life we have dreamed of living. The struggle with our pain becomes our focus. We find all kinds of ways to avoid accepting that we are in pain and all kinds of ways to avoid experiencing the pain. And what's even worse is that we construct our self identity around this pain. Clients say,"I'm depressed," not as if those are just words, but as if being depressed is who they are as people. They could be saying, "I'm having a difficult time right now. I'm a hard worker, but what I'm doing right now to feel better just isn't working." Bravo, you're half way there.

So I have a question for you. What if someone could wave a magic wand and all your emotional pain would be gone, what would you do instead of what you are doing, or not doing?

If you're experience difficulties in you life, you can find me on my website and/or you can reach me at 512-795-0402. I'm located at 4131 Spicewood Springs, M-1, Austin, Texas 78759.