Taking A Chance!

I’m not really sure where to begin. If someone would have asked me a month ago if I would blog, I probably would shy away from the idea or even laughed at the thought of writing. I don’t think I ever truly considered writing as a part of my life. So, you should know I don’t consider writing as a strength of mine. My proof is actually right here on my website. My last blog was nearly five years ago, and I posted a video of world-renowned author and communicator Brene Brown, whom I value and believed does a fantastic job! So, if you’re reading this and get frustrated with my grammar or writing skills, I’m sorry or if your someone who gets pleasure from editing, your welcome!

So, I guess I will start here. I am taking a CHANCE!

To give you a little background. I am a licensed professional counselor in private practice at SK COUNSELING LLC (www.skcounselingllc.org) and I want to be clear about my blog. This is NOT therapy. Well maybe it will end up being therapeutic for me but for my followers, my hope is to create a platform where we can connect in humanity, gain comfort, and support in a climate where our status quo has been disrupted and our interactions have temporarily become more distance. So, as I write or “blog”, please understand that there will be some therapeutic elements, I am a therapist. I am also a mom of two strong, loving, smart and empowered young daughters (8 & 4 years old) that have a little bit of a wild side but face the world every day with a kind heart. I am also a wife to an equally amazing supportive husband who has loved me and held my hand every step of the way. So, I will share personal stories and use my clinical perspective to help navigate these times of uncertainty.

So why am I taking the CHANCE now.

Because we need it now more than I’ve ever realized before. Our world has rapidly changed with the pandemic of COVID-19. This has impacted us on a global scale which is something we have never seen before. This is truly a shared human experience. We have all been impacted by it, large and small. I hear about it when I’m in the office, with my peers…. from a distance, in the media and I feel it personally, with my husband and my children. I immediately think about several things: safety and security; loss and grief; managing anxiety and other emotional responses, filtering out the noise, human behavior, trust, preparedness and our overall mental health and wellness. I think of how we and our world need to regain a sense of stability in such an unpredictable time. I think about how this is temporary and we as humans are truly RESILIENT.

So, this is why I am taking a CHANCE now.

During my work with individuals, I often encouraged them to expand their comfort zone. I attempt to push individuals beyond the feeling of being “stuck” in fear, helplessness, and a loss of control which I believe is happening in our current world pandemic; we are all feeling this on some level. Our world has rapidly changed, and it has created an environment of uncertainty. We want CERTAINTY, we want to know that we or things are going to be okay. It’s hard to be still and wait when facing the unknown. We as human, REACT! We are primal, we tend to go back to our very primal instinct of survival. So rather than bunkering down for the apocalypse. I remind myself and others that we can be concerned, afraid and take appropriate precautions in a time of adversity but we are also RESILIENT and this is also temporary. As for me, while simultaneously feeling fear and uncertainty. I have to stay grounded, I have to stay regulated and I have to work to expand far beyond fear, for my business, myself, my family and my community. My excitement in taking a chance to do something new has to be stronger than my fear. I do my work out of love, compassion and gratitude and I believe I have an opportunity to practice this on a larger scale and connected with other in ways I’ve never consider before.

So that’s why I am taking a CHANCE!!

Because when you take a CHANCE you have to believe something wonderful is about to happen! I don’t know where this blog is going to lead me, but I have hope that my followers will connect with me on an intimate level of vulnerability and humanity.

The information or content obtained from this blog is not intended to assess, diagnosis, or should not be used as a substitute for therapeutic treatment. The intentions of this blog are for entertainment and general information, not for individualized clinical advice or treatment. If you find that any content activates concerns for your own mental health, please contact a licensed mental health professional for assistance. If you choose to comment, you are responsible for you own confidentiality on this public platform. The use of this blog does not imply nor establish any type of therapist-client relationship.