by Dr. Kim | Sep 2, 2021 | Anxiety, Emotions, Mindfulness
The Guest House–A Mindfulness Exercise There’s a mindfulness exercise I like to do with my clients. I didn’t come up with it. It’s been around for awhile. In fact, it’s based on a Persian poem from the 13th century (Rumi). The idea for...
by Dr. Kim | Jul 8, 2021 | Anxiety, Coaching, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Stress Management
Wind Down Wednesdays–a midweek reset Let me tell you a little story about me. Every 5 years or so (no seriously, it’s like a 5 year thing), my body has had ENOUGH of me pushing through and ignoring its signals. You know the signals–they’re...
by Dr. Kim | Jun 11, 2021 | People Pleasing, Reslience, Self-Compassion
Making everyone happy I love making people happy. In fact, I come from a long line of women who love making people happy. It’s impossible to get people’s approval all the time. It makes me happy to make others happy, but it took me awhile to...
by Dr. Kim | Jun 4, 2021 | Adolescence, Child Development, Creativity, Families, Play
International Mud Day Such a fun day, set forth by the World Forum Foundation. Since the Pandemic, I’ve been known mostly for my coaching on stress management and caregiver fatigue, but I’m also a play researcher. My dissertation focused on...
by Dr. Kim | Jun 4, 2021 | Anxiety, Courage, Mindfulness
Surfing the Fear I read some work by author Pamela Slim recently, and she described her approach to adversity as “surfing the fear.” If you scroll through social media enough, you’ll see posts telling you to crush the fear, stomp on it, destroy it...
