KC, Rebecca’s Husband, Discovers He Might Be a Highly Sensitive PersonLast week Rebecca’s husband, KC, said that he’d just come across a quiz that revealed that he was a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).  Rebecca, in what could be easily be called a highly insensitive response, literally laughed out loud and said, “You are not an Highly Sensitive Person!” KC Is …

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May is Mental Health Awareness MonthAt the risk of stating the obvious, though, our attention to mental health has to persist because the cost of struggling with mental illness, especially those with symptoms of depression, can be so high. Homage to Duane Who Killed Himself 9 Years AgoWe close out this month with an homage to Rebecca’s good friend, Duane, …

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Last week, during a rare lighthearted exchange in an otherwise understandably serious and sadly often contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Senator Hirono of Hawaii asked the Judge how she tended to the creative side of her life. Judge Brown Jackson, the first African-American Woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court,  replied that she had …

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Rebecca Doing the Year in Review Exercise with KCRebecca and her husband, KC, had to drive a car across country last week.  To pass the time on the long and tedious journey, Rebecca forced her husband to go through the “Year in Review” exercise that we suggest for our clients.  This involves listing things that we accomplished and that impacted …

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Rebecca Heart over Chaos

Did You Forget?For those of you who know Rebecca, you know she and identical twin sister Jenny bicker all of the time.   After one of many heated arguments with Jenny, Rebecca called her husband KC in tears.  Initially he comforted her but then, when she launched into righteous indignation at her sister’s outrageous behavior, he said “Did you forget…?  Did …

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Gioia–How to Be Happier Concrete Steps to Improve Positivity Myers Briggs Feelers/Positive or Negative Feelings?Gioia and Rebecca are both Feelers on the Myers Briggs Personality Type. In fact, Gioia and Rebecca have the exact same profile—Extrovert/Intuitive/Feeler/Perceiver (ENFP).  However, where they differ is that Gioia is prone to positive emotions (joy, connection, contentment, energy) and Rebecca negative ones (anxiety, guilt, anger). …

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