Simply Thrive Therapy Blog

The 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Skill with a bonus 3-D version You may have heard of this calming method before. It helps us use our five senses to “ground” us and bring us back into the present moment when we are feeling anxious.  We pay attention to what we are experiencing in the moment, perhaps coupled with deep breath, and we will find our anxiety easier to manage during stressful situations. The 5-4-3-2-1 Method Explained This is how it goes:  5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you. 4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you. 3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear. 2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell. 1: Acknowledge

Do You Know How to Truly Love Yourself? What is Self-Love? Love is something that we all need to survive and even to thrive. No one can have a fulfilling life without love. So what does self-love mean then? Self-love is an encompassing word that covers many other aspects related to love such as having compassion for yourself, forgiving yourself, taking care of yourself and setting healthy boundaries. Love is unconditional, it is having a deep appreciation of who you really are and accepting all the different parts of yourself – the little peculiarities, the embarrassments, the things we may not do so well, and all the wonderful qualities too. 

Setting Boundaries with Technology and Social Media Technology plays an important role in our daily lives and has vastly improved our quality of life. It’s no secret that we depend on it for things as important as transportation or relaxation. Social media, specifically, has changed how we interact with one another. Speaking from my own experience, social media has helped me to stay connected with family members in South America, which wasn’t nearly as possible for older family members growing up. However, it’s important to remind ourselves that balance is key – too much of anything, even a good thing, can disrupt the balance in our lives. In fact, various

Black History Month Former President Barack Obama said in a 2016 speech, \”Black History Month shouldn’t be treated as though it is somehow separate from our collective American history, or somehow just boiled down to a compilation of greatest hits from the March on Washington, or from some of our sports heroes. There are well-meaning attempts to do that all around us, from classrooms to corporate ad campaigns.  But we know that this should be more than just a commemoration of particular events. It’s about the lived, shared experience of all African Americans, high and low, famous and obscure, and how those experiences have shaped and challenged and ultimately strengthened

Question: What is the difference between a therapist and a counselor? Answer: Nothing. You can stop reading now. Just kidding! Keep reading and learn some facts toimpress your friends. Everyone knows that a little mental health knowledge and a conversation about mental illness really livens up a party! Here’s a quick rundown on the differences between mental health professionals and how they help people. It doesn’t cover everyone (so don’t send me angry emails, psychiatric nurses!) (although psychiatric nurse is a very important and very cool profession in mental health!) but it will give you an idea of how to understand our world a little bit and how we can

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person? Do loud noises bother you? Or lights seem too bright to you but not other people? Do you think and feel deeply about things? Do you pick up on other people’s feelings and then feel them too? If you answered yes to these questions then you might be a Highly Sensitive Person or HSP. This trait was discovered in the late 1990’s by Elaine Aron who called it Sensory-Processing Sensitivity (SPS), which basically makes a person much more sensitive to environmental stimuli. This could be lights seeming brighter to you or sounds come in louder, thinking deeply about things and also emotionally reactive. This