Why ChatGPT Is Not Your Therapist: And What You Actually Need

By Justin Stum, LMFT | Licensed Counselor & Therapist Relationships are messy. They are supposed to be. The friction, the misunderstanding, the repair: that’s not a flaw in the system. That is the system that’s the painful but beautiful way relationships work. So when millions of people started quietly opening ChatGPT and typing out their […]
Self-Care: Why You Need It

Here’s the short of it. Self-care is being able to say ‘no’ to others, it’s making time for yourself, it’s staying true to what you believe. It’s being able to say … I. Matter. I must take care of me. If you are going to live the good life, the life filled with joy and […]
Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Exercise: Natural Healing And Balance

Jessica was a busy mother in her forties. She was of average build and loved her neighborhood and church relationships. Yet she was at the end of her rope. Jessica had been experiencing panic attacks for the past three years. The first time it occurred she was out running errands and while shopping for groceries […]
Mindfulness: Purposeful Awareness In Relationships
Mindfulness has its roots in Buddhist teaching with respect to pondering and meditation. One need not subscribe to Eastern religion to adhere to pondering and mindfulness. It can be lived in common every day life. Mindfulness is the state within which one has keen and clear awareness. It is conceptualized as a mental state that […]
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