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Working Through Shame

How to stand tall and live authentically.

Relationships
How to Start Loving Yourself Now

Hannah Rose LCPC on September 27, 2019

What is blocking you from self-love? If you don't take a sledgehammer to those blocks, you will never be able to accept love from others, let alone yourself. The work starts now.

What is blocking you from self-love? If you don't take a sledgehammer to those blocks, you will never be able to accept love from others, let alone yourself. The work starts now.

Fear
Dealing with Fear and Pain

Hannah Rose LCPC on September 22, 2019

I have lived so much of my life wearing different masks: people pleasing, not setting boundaries, and internalizing everyone else’s truth as my own.

I have lived so much of my life wearing different masks: people pleasing, not setting boundaries, and internalizing everyone else’s truth as my own.

Empathy
Empathy Versus Sympathy

Hannah Rose LCPC on September 20, 2019

If someone shares something incredibly painful to you, the urge to "silver line" their experience may be visceral. But is this always helpful?

If someone shares something incredibly painful to you, the urge to "silver line" their experience may be visceral. But is this always helpful?

Codependency
How to Stop Being So Codependent

Hannah Rose LCPC on August 20, 2019

Why don’t we talk about how many of us would rather settle for mediocre relationships because that beats the potential of being alone?

Why don’t we talk about how many of us would rather settle for mediocre relationships because that beats the potential of being alone?

Forgiveness
How to Forgive Yourself

Hannah Rose LCPC on August 15, 2019

Self-forgiveness begins and ends internally. Even if we may never be fully forgiven by others, that does not mean that we cannot find inner peace by forgiving ourselves.

Self-forgiveness begins and ends internally. Even if we may never be fully forgiven by others, that does not mean that we cannot find inner peace by forgiving ourselves.

Friends
Why Do We Minimize Our Emotions?

Hannah Rose LCPC on August 10, 2019

Whether or not someone is going through something we deem to be objectively "worse" than we are, pain is pain. We need to stop minimizing our emotional experience.

Whether or not someone is going through something we deem to be objectively "worse" than we are, pain is pain. We need to stop minimizing our emotional experience.

Grief
Time Does Not Heal All Wounds

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 31, 2019

Unless we are truly willing to process our deeply rooted core irrational beliefs, our emotional pain, and our grief, time doesn't do a thing.

Unless we are truly willing to process our deeply rooted core irrational beliefs, our emotional pain, and our grief, time doesn't do a thing.

Fear
Walking Through Fear and Discomfort

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 29, 2019

We need to walk through the discomfort of uncertainty and vulnerability, into the world of authenticity and wholeness.

We need to walk through the discomfort of uncertainty and vulnerability, into the world of authenticity and wholeness.

Relationships
10 Steps to Self-Love

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 17, 2019

Self-love begins and ends internally—it cannot be contingent on how others feel about us, what they think about us, or what they say about us.

Self-love begins and ends internally—it cannot be contingent on how others feel about us, what they think about us, or what they say about us.

Grief
How to Show Up for Grief

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 16, 2019

Part 2: We can’t minimize our grief because someone “has it worse.” Someone may always have it worse.

Part 2: We can’t minimize our grief because someone “has it worse.” Someone may always have it worse.

Grief
How to Show Up for Grief

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 15, 2019

More often than not, we miss our opportunities for genuine empathy by trying to “fix” someone else’s emotional pain or quicken the grieving process.

More often than not, we miss our opportunities for genuine empathy by trying to “fix” someone else’s emotional pain or quicken the grieving process.

Forgiveness
The Toxicity of Gossip

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 12, 2019

When we gossip, we fertilize our minds with toxicity and judgment. We are much more likely to scrutinize ourselves when we are busy scrutinizing others.

When we gossip, we fertilize our minds with toxicity and judgment. We are much more likely to scrutinize ourselves when we are busy scrutinizing others.

Anxiety
How to Overcome Depression and Anxiety

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 11, 2019

We are conditioned to suppress our emotions, “man up,” and move forward. We are told over and over to “let it go” and “just don’t let it affect you.” These ideas are not helpful.

We are conditioned to suppress our emotions, “man up,” and move forward. We are told over and over to “let it go” and “just don’t let it affect you.” These ideas are not helpful.

Fear
Walking Through Fear

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 9, 2019

Courage, bravery, and strength do not exist without fear. Here's how to walk through it.

Courage, bravery, and strength do not exist without fear. Here's how to walk through it.

Addiction
A Goodbye Letter to Addiction

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 8, 2019

We cannot work through our addiction until we truly say goodbye to it. It's time to write a goodbye letter.

We cannot work through our addiction until we truly say goodbye to it. It's time to write a goodbye letter.

Embarrassment
When It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 5, 2019

We must show up for all of our emotional experiences, no matter how painful. Otherwise, they are bound to continue to manifest in dysfunctional ways.

We must show up for all of our emotional experiences, no matter how painful. Otherwise, they are bound to continue to manifest in dysfunctional ways.

Alcoholism
Emotional Triggers

Hannah Rose LCPC on July 3, 2019

When we can identify our own emotional triggers, we get to free ourselves from the bondage of other people’s perception of us.

When we can identify our own emotional triggers, we get to free ourselves from the bondage of other people’s perception of us.