Becoming your own loving parent: How Adult Children of Alcoholics Can Learn to Rest
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Are you an ACOA who struggles to let yourself rest? Here are some ways to begin learning how.
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Oct 31, 2023
"Too blessed to be stressed": Understanding spiritual bypassing
Sometimes we use our spirituality in an attempt to bypass or avoid painful unresolved trauma and emotions.
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Aug 31, 2023
From striving to succeeding: How I found my own window of tolerance with goal setting
Here's how I stopped striving to reach my goals and started succeeding. Hint: it's not about pushing harder or doing more.
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
May 31, 2023
The Role of Spirituality in Recovery: How a Higher Power Helps Adult Children of Alcoholics
Learning how to define and be in relationship with your higher power can greatly enhance the recovery journey for ACOAs
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Feb 15, 2022
A Fun & Easy Way to Improve Your Confidence
As a therapist and therapy consultant, I have helped so many clients work on their relationship with that inner critical voice in their...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Dec 31, 2021
How to Set Inspired Intentions for 2022
It’s that time of year again. Prior to COVID, now is when we would be hearing lots of talk about resolutions for the new year, how we...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Jul 20, 2021
This therapist is OK (and you are too)
You don’t need me to tell you how hard the past year and a half has been. Hour after hour, day after day, week after week, I held the...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Dec 7, 2020
Be nice to all your parts
We all have parts. Different parts of our emotional selves, that is. We often feel more than one way at a time about something. Sometimes...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Nov 13, 2020
How personal growth & creativity are alike
Do you ever find yourself impatient about not feeling like you’re where you’re supposed to be in your personal growth journey yet? One of...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Nov 2, 2020
How to feel calm in 30 seconds
My guess is you could use a quick and easy way to decompress and get your nervous system back into calm, cool and collected mode this...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Oct 28, 2020
Why you don’t need more coping skills
If you’re anything like my clients, you might be having a hard time coping right now. Many people come to me saying they need more...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Jul 8, 2020
The difference between perfectionism and excellence
Do you find yourself having impossibly high standards for yourself and maybe even others? Do you find it unbearable if you make a...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Jun 24, 2020
How to choose a therapist
Have you been thinking about seeing a therapist? A lot of people are feeling a need for therapy right now with everything going on in...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
Jun 16, 2020
Ordinary everyday activism
Using the power that you have and a small step you can take in order to make a difference in your everyday life.
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
May 4, 2020
Non-mom guilt (sorry, not sorry)
Recently a post went around on FB asking people who don’t have kids what their lives are like right now. Hear my take on no-kid...
Christie Pearl, LMHC, LPC
May 3, 2020
Is it OK to skip the Zoom meetings with my friends?
Are you exhausted by all the Zoom meetings with your friends? Learn why you don’t always feel like being social on “socials” along with a...
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