The Courage to Suffer

Identity

How to Cope with Religious Change at Christmastime

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on December 17, 2021

Do you find yourself activated around your changing religious identity during Christmas? This article will explain why and how you can navigate the holidays.

Do you find yourself activated around your changing religious identity during Christmas? This article will explain why and how you can navigate the holidays.

Fear

Why You're Asking "Is Returning Worth It?"

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on April 30, 2021

Is the thought of returning back to "normal" causing you increased stress? Your existential fears are here to help.

Is the thought of returning back to "normal" causing you increased stress? Your existential fears are here to help.

Wisdom

How to Find the Wisdom in Suffering

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on March 29, 2021

What can suffering teach us about being human?

What can suffering teach us about being human?

Intelligence

Coping With the One-Year Anniversary of the Pandemic

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on February 26, 2021

How to cope with the impending one-year anniversary of living in a pandemic.

How to cope with the impending one-year anniversary of living in a pandemic.

Career

When White Privilege Becomes White Silence

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on January 22, 2021

How to use privilege to move toward action.

How to use privilege to move toward action.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Why We Should Not Expect to Be "Normal" Again

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on December 4, 2020

Understanding why COVID-19 has changed us forever, even after a vaccine.

Understanding why COVID-19 has changed us forever, even after a vaccine.

Psychology

When You Find Yourself in an Existential Crisis

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on November 20, 2020

Finding meaning in the midst of the pandemic.

Finding meaning in the midst of the pandemic.

Relationships

How to Find Meaning

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on November 6, 2020

One exercise has the potential to change the way you live.

One exercise has the potential to change the way you live.

Anxiety

What can we do when reality is not a distortion at all?

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on September 25, 2020

Has your anxiety increased recently? This may be why.

Has your anxiety increased recently? This may be why.

Identity

We Are in a Collective Existential Identity Crisis

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on August 28, 2020

Why COVID-19 has created a secondary crisis: one of identity.

Why COVID-19 has created a secondary crisis: one of identity.

Education

Are Your Feelings Real?

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on May 29, 2020

Has your life experience been invalidated by others?

Has your life experience been invalidated by others?

Anxiety

COVID-19 and Increasing Pandemic Anxiety

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on April 3, 2020

Trying not to freak out? Read this to help.

Trying not to freak out? Read this to help.

Fear

Why Are We So Afraid of the COVID-19 Virus?

Sara A. Showalter Van Tongeren LCSW on March 6, 2020

Why is the COVID-19 virus creating a psychological pandemic?

Why is the COVID-19 virus creating a psychological pandemic?