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Self-Awareness and Emotional Healing: That New New Model
Introduction Asking "What" instead of why https://hbr.org/2018/01/what-self-awareness-really-is-and-how-to-cultivate-it Are you ready to become a badass in your journey towards self-awareness and emotional healing? If so, you're in the right place. In this blog post,...
A Comprehensive Guide to Achieving Black Wellness
Introduction Hi, I'm Dr. Michelle Wilshire, a licensed clinical psychologist and the proud founder of Wasabi and Well, an organization focused on black wellness. In this guide, I will be sharing valuable insights and tips to help you embark on your healing journey. I...
Finding Your Balance – 5 Empowering Ways to Create a Positive Daily Routine
When life becomes hectic, it can be easy to become disconnected with our wellbeing. We can neglect self care in efforts to complete never-ending task lists, losing sight of our health in efforts to simply get through the chaos of the week. The result? Our personal...
The Ins and Outs of Emotional Intelligence: Why It’s Important and How to Improve It
In this day and age (especially within the Western parts of the world), we have very rigid views of what traits make up strong, successful people. Ambition, drive, perseverance, stability, smarts – these all definitely find themselves at the top of the list. However,...
Social Media & Mental Health: A Slave to the ‘Gram
Social media is an undeniable part of everyday, modern life – at least, for the majority of us. It functions on practically all levels, helping keep us in the loop on everything from your friends’ latest vacation photos to events happening in your community to the...
5 Habits of Self-Love You Need to Start Right Now
With so many stressful things happening in the world today, self-love has never been a more essential part of women’s wellness. Self-love is so much more than just a buzzword. It’s a way of life. When fostered, self-compassion has so many benefits, but figuring out...
Healing Experiences: Brief Examples
I thought it would be helpful to provide some examples to my readers on what I mean by healing experiences. Keep in mind that at this point in my career I’ve worked with hundreds of people, heard 1000’s of stories, and therefore I’ve seen some overlap in my work with...
Your Wellness Journey: The Right Fit
A familiar concept, “Fit” is NOT exclusive to therapy. It's an important concept we experience through various areas in our lives including romantic relationships, friendships, job positions, house hunting, car buying and many other life interactions. Shopping around...
5 High Level Attributes of Therapy (including what it is not!)
What is therapy? It goes by many names: talk therapy, psychotherapy, therapeutic interventions, counseling, and some may even refer to it as coaching. Regardless of what you call it, most people would agree that this type of professional service lives in a category of...