by Laura Cabanillas | Feb 1, 2021
How can the year that brought us a tsunami of trauma – a crippling global pandemic, perpetual political chaos, unrelenting economic upheaval, and upsetting social unrest – the year that mental health professionals experienced an unprecedented increase in...
by Laura Cabanillas | Nov 26, 2020
Like all things since March of 2020, Thanksgiving this year is going to be different for many of us. For those of us who are used to the house bustling with the chatter and laughter (and maybe some drama too) of a plethora of family and friends, this year may be a bit...
by Laura Cabanillas | May 31, 2020
Do you feel lately like the days are just melting into one another, and you’re not even certain what month it is, let alone what day it is? Me too. I’m still stuck back in March-something when the world screeched to a halt. Or I’m stuck in a reoccurring episode of the...
by Laura Cabanillas | Jan 3, 2020
Reflect. It’s what many of us do when a new year begins. So what do you do at the start of a new decade? We have just been ushered into one with the dawning of 2020. Ten years worth of reflection seems daunting though – it takes the whole idea to an entirely different...
by Laura Cabanillas | Apr 26, 2019
One of the greatest gifts of being human is the ability to feel. To feel means we are fully alive and that is a gift itself. Grief is complex and cannot be put into a box or packaged neatly into a one-size-fits-all formula. Sorrow, love, heartache, hope,...
by Laura Cabanillas | Mar 18, 2019
Life is full of surprises. Some surprises are the welcome kind – like when your child offers to do the dinner dishes, or your husband brings home dinner so you don’t have to cook. Some surprises are not so welcome – like a flat tire, or a medical bill the...
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