by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Sep 15, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Mental Health
Exercise wasn’t something we talked about a lot in my home growing up, although my parents took us on daily walks or bike rides. We weren’t a particularly athletic family, and I grew up believing that I was hopelessly uncoordinated and bad at sports. Moving into...
by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Sep 9, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Mental Health
I love food and coffee and there are very few days when I don’t have a plan for both. In fact, food has been one of those “thorn in the side” issues in my life since childhood. Despite trying loads of dieting methods from my teenage years on, it wasn’t until my...
by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Sep 1, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Mental Health
The routines you had in 2019, or even early 2020, probably look nothing like the routines you have now. Who would have known when we did our New Year’s 2020 planning and goals that everything would be turned upside down? Last week I wrote about grounding activities to...
by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Aug 25, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Mental Health
The memes, cartoons, and sayings for the year 2020 have abounded, and the cynical humor is part of what is getting us through this storm of a year as we face disaster after disaster. I have my own image of my Bitmoji character walking away from a dumpster fire labeled...
by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Aug 19, 2020 | Mental Health
I saw my first therapist in my senior year of high school when I was dealing with my first bout of depression and anticipating major transitions. Since then, I’ve had another handful of therapists over the years in the different communities and life stages that I’ve...
by Ann Taylor McNiece, LMFT | Aug 11, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Mental Health
Is it just me, or did anxiety become more of a thing this year? I’ve spent the last decade working with people with anxiety disorders of all types. It’s one of those areas that I feel like I can be especially useful. When I was working as an intern in...
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