If you are a business owner or entrepreneur, you face challenges to your mental health that are unique from the general population. In fact, entrepreneurs may be twice as likely to experience depression or attempt suicide and three times more likely to struggle with addiction*.

You may be looking for a therapist who is in-network with your insurance. Using your insurance benefits for therapy can be a wonderful way to save money, but there could also be some downside risks that you have not considered. In this blog, I highlight some reasons why I believe paying out-of-pocket for therapy is worth the investment.

So many of us express a desire for more peace, to have a chance to slow down, and to be able to be more fully present and rested. Even if you are someone who thrives on fast-paced environments and don’t really want to sit still, you probably still desire to have a sense of peace in your life. Yet as you probably realize, just saying you want peace does not make it a reality. You’re going to need to take some action steps in order to create space to grow your vegetables. In the same way, you need to create space and cultivate peace if you want to see it in your life.

The holiday season can be particularly challenging for those who are grieving. Because this time of year often emphasizes togetherness and celebration, the sorrow and loneliness of grieving from tragic loss, unwanted change, and broken and deferred hopes can feel overwhelming. Here are some tips that may help you navigate through this holiday season.

It can be hard enough to decide to go to therapy, but where do you even start when it comes to finding the right Christian therapist for you or your teen? Especially in a city like Colorado Springs, where you have so many options!

Is your tween or teen asking for therapy? How you can respond as a parent in a way that gets your kid the help that they need.

Identify False Beliefs and Experience Breakthrough

Our emotions are very often a result of how we are perceiving ourselves and our situations. It’s easy to get caught up in the stress of our fast-paced lives. It’s easy to find ourselves taking on the anxiety of those surrounding us. It’s easy to forget or minimize all we have access to as believers in Jesus. When we are steeped in anxiety, stress, and depression, our connection with God is often disrupted, forgotten, or under-prioritized due to lack of energy or lack of hope that it will do anything to help.

The following are thinking strategies and activities that can challenge your perspective, change your mindset, reconnect you spiritually, and remind you of the truth of what your situation looks like in the context of an all-powerful, all-loving God.

Are you hesitating to make the financial investment in therapy? Try these tips as you consider the commitment.

“Why do I have low self-esteem and how do I improve it?” This is a question I often receive in early goal-setting sessions with clients. Self-esteem can be defined as having a positive or favorable perception of yourself. It is influenced by a person’s confidence levels, ability to see themselves as valuable, and beliefs about whether or not they are generally likable as a person.

Self-esteem has a huge impact on a person’s emotions, and thus effects their thoughts, behaviors, and decision-making.

Listed below are ingredients for low self-esteem. If you want to maintain a low opinion of yourself, by all means, keep up the following actions. Take a moment and assess where you see yourself participating in the following behaviors.

Having difficulty sleeping?  You’re not alone.  In my experience as a clinician, the majority of my clients report trouble with falling asleep, staying asleep, or feeling well rested after a night’s sleep. Sleep plays a significant role in both your mental and physical health.

The following are some tips and tricks that you can try to increase your chances of getting a good night’s rest: