Do you consistently find yourself in the fall asking where summer went? Do you often need a vacation to recover from your vacation? Summer…ahhh yes…time for a deep breath. Maybe you envision your toes in the sand and waves crashing in the background or maybe a trip into the mountains. Summer is typically a time where people travel, schedules change,...[ read more ]

When a crisis/trauma/loss is ongoing, how do I grieve in the midst of it? What emotional health tools can I access when the situation is not yet resolved? We talk a lot about grief work here at Phenix.  We firmly believe that the work of grief is absolutely necessary to mental and emotional health and necessary to the business of...[ read more ]

Do you feel like you just don’t think of great solutions in the moment?   Do you find yourself thinking after the fact, “why didn’t I try ‘xyz’ instead”?  Choices.  Sounds so simple doesn’t it? Hey you’ve got options man…Choose! Some of us may freeze under the duress of choice. Others may struggle to find choices within a situation and those...[ read more ]

Power surge - that's my fancy name for hot flashes... via GIPHY In all seriousness though, what I love about my Gen X group is our absolute refusal to take this life transition lying down.  Previous generations suffered in silence, rarely discussing it with peers and certainly not with the generation behind.  What we are finding however is a medical...[ read more ]

What does corporate use of consumer data have to do with therapy?   How do I make sense of how my personal data is being bought and sold in the world wide web marketplace?   What does all that have to do with counseling?   Phenix is about holistic health - working with you to address mental and emotional health while connecting that...[ read more ]

Have you given up on dreaming big in this season of unpredictability and global chaos? Wondering how you can recapture your joy for life? Join us on a journey of building Vision! I don't know about you, but I feel as if the last few years have been an exercise in wandering - it has been so difficult to set...[ read more ]

Wondering what it takes to actually live the life you’ve dreamed of?   What do you need to know before you take the leap into living your life differently? [caption id="attachment_2370" align="alignleft" width="300"] The promised land, where your new story begins...[/caption] I have written here about the general arc of therapy we follow.  We have offered tips for maximizing each stage...[ read more ]

What happens when you unplug? Is it really worth the hassle? Great things happen and YES, it is absolutely worth it! Our last post gave a status report of overload that we knew would be unwise to ignore.  We decided to take a more aggressive approach and disconnect completely from the noise.  We did not have a time frame going...[ read more ]

Are you feeling out of sorts? Does the word "tired" not quite capture the state you've been in for too long? Are you finding that your old-reliable strategies aren't working to boost your functioning? In April, I wrote a post about rest.  It was a recounting of strategies we had actually used to give ourselves the opportunity to recharge and...[ read more ]

I don't have all of the right words to say, and honestly, I'm not sure what those are at this point. Because there are not any words that can take away the pain, atrocities, and grief that occurred this past weekend. I had another blog post planned for this week but to move on and ignore what has occurred would...[ read more ]