If you’ve lost a loved one you might feel as though you’ve lost love. Before you had love, but now it’s gone. It’s suddenly vanished, right along with your beloved. But what you’ve got to realize is that love is not a noun, it’s not an object to have. Love is a verb, it’s an […] The post Grief and Love appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
The human reaction to tragic loss is deep and complex. Grief is an assault that hits us from all sides all at once. The pain affects mind, body, and soul, the symptoms we experience are physical, emotional, and psychological. No wonder so many of us do anything and everything in our power to ignore the […] The post Grieving The Right Way appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
Fighting the spread of Covid-19 has included a lot of forced isolation and with that isolation comes painful loneliness. Loneliness is an oppressive state. It makes us feel helpless, powerless. We perceive it as something foisted upon us, something external over which we have no control. It’s no wonder that many of us have little […] The post Combating Loneliness in the Age of Covid appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
The greatest lie ever told by the entrenched powers that be in our democracy is that your vote is insignificant, basically meaningless. They need you to believe that, they need to instill apathy in you, so that they can retain their power. For a lie to work there needs to be a grain of truth […] The post Go Vote appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
There’s a lot we don’t know about Covid-19, like its true mortality rate or whether it might mutate into something even more dangerous. We don’t know if it will kill us or someone we love. We don’t know its long-term impact on our modern way of life. All of these questions around Covid-19, and many […] The post Existential Anxiety In The Age Of Covid-19 appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
You do have something beautiful and unique to share with the world and don’t let anybody tell you different. The problem is that as time has slipped on by you may have stopped receiving that positive reinforcement. Maybe you never received it in the first place. Maybe instead of encouragement what you got was disinterest […] The post You Are Beautiful appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
The scourge of youth is always looking forwards towards a bigger and brighter future rather than appreciating the present moment. The scourge of old age is always looking backwards towards a bigger and brighter past rather than appreciating the present moment. So we see that the scourge of youth and the scourge of old age […] The post The Scourge of Old Age appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
When physically wounded most of us don’t ignore the problem but rather take the necessary steps to address the injury. We get the help we need to let the healing process begin. While we’re gentle around the spot of our injury this tender regard comes from an immediate, mindful focus on that injury. It’s too […] The post Taking Care of Emotional Wounds appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
If you’ve recently lost someone close to you you’re experiencing a lot of states of mind but gratitude ain’t one of ‘em. What are some of the states of mind you are experiencing? Some common states are guilt, deep sadness, anger, despair, shock, numbness, symptoms of PTSD, disbelief, relief, bafflement, impotence, curiosity, hopelessness, fear, isolation, […] The post Grief and Gratitude appeared first on Evolution Counseling.| Evolution Counseling
As caregivers of small children many of us come to revel in the feeling of godlike omnipotence around them. We might not get the respect we think we deserve at work or in other spheres of life but in their eyes we know everything, can do everything, are all knowing and all powerful. And so …| Evolution Counseling