Whether you have ARFID, food sensory issues, or just feel nervous eating around others, it can create so many issues in your life, ranging from low self-esteem, phobias, relationship issues, and deep shame. This article talks more about how hotpot meals, or any meals that you cook-as-you-eat, can help make meals more enjoyable.

Therapy usually starts with asking: “What do you want therapy to help you with?”, thus beginning the process of setting goals for what direction we want therapy to go in. However, the goals we start with will often change as we get further into therapy. This post gives an example of how good therapy will focus on deeper goals over time.

Often when we have to go to the hospital, whether for ourselves, or to support loved ones, we are scared, confused, in pain, and this is where we receive some of the hardest life-changing news that we will ever experience. This post delves into exactly why that might lead to medical trauma, and what that can look like outside of simple panic and fear.

People-pleasing often leaves us feeling exhausted, frustrated, and never good enough, because we try to be everything for everyone. Asiana Market helps demonstrate how when we lean into who we are and focus on sharing that, we feel so much better. We realize that, without needing to work so hard trying to be something we aren’t, we are perfect just being ourselves.

When we see changes in the world around us, it is a good reminder that we need to change with it. This reflection helps remind us that our problems tend to snowball when we don’t take the time to adjust to changes. What started as a setback can become the source of major problems in our lives.

We all want different things when we go to therapy. Sometimes we want validation, or maybe to change the way we present in the world, or to change the way we feel about ourselves. This metaphor has us thinking about how our goals in therapy are similar to our goals when shopping for new shoes. Sometimes, you won't know what you want until you jump right in!

For those of us who struggle to relax, we know that having hobbies is important, but it often feels like we are wasting time. Here, we go into exactly why these activities are vital for healing, and how in particular, choosing active hobbies like creativity have immense therapeutic power.

Shopping for a therapist is similar to shopping for a door. You can get what you want to leave your home through a door, and a door allows good things to be brought inside. A therapist is like a door, but with your feelings. Explore this metaphor to help you in the process of choosing a therapist.

Ever sit looking at the last bite? This story uses this common example to remind us how shame and guilt are significant factors in our decision-making processes, yet we are the ones in control of those feelings.