ELAINE KORNGOLD, LPC | Brainspotting, IFS, Financial Therapy, Career Counseling | Gottman Method, IFS for Couples – IFIO, Neurodiverse Couples | ADHD, Autism | 503-770-0810 | AskCounseling@outlook.com
The article below describes the issues of ageism that older workers commonly encounter in the US. “Ageism refers to the stereotypes (how we think), prejudice (how we feel) and discrimination (how we act) towards others or oneself based on age. … Read more
This article describes how grandparents can create shared memories with their grandchildren. “When we think about what we leave behind as grandparents, we hope we will have transmitted lessons about kindness, justice, strength and confidence, the boundless nature of love.” … Read more
A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders. People who receive a diagnosis related to the trauma they experienced survived in the best way they … Read more
Studies have found that when one’s ability to make facial expressions have been hindered through Botox, there is also a decrease in how people experience emotions. People may lose the ability to feel very happy or to feel very sad … Read more
Richard Leider, the author I recommend on my Resources pages for clients working to change their careers or their life directions, shares his view on the role of purpose and its power in our lives: Richard Leider on why we … Read more
In many sessions with clients we discuss the polyvagal ladder and the role of the vagus nerve in our nervous system. This nerve is the longest of our 12 cranial nerves, shuttling information from the body to the brain and … Read more
Some Financial Therapy clients ask for help to figure out how much they need to save for retirement. The first step is to calculate your annual expenses (noting essential-living, essential-debt, and discretionary). The next step is to use one of … Read more
Gen X women (born between 1965 and 1984) are really struggling with issues in their personal lives and relationships, dealing with their finances, and managing their careers. “They’re smart. They’re grateful for what they have. They’re also exhausted. Some of … Read more
Here is an interesting TEDx Talk about applying product design principles to life design or re-design. Bill Burnett discusses some of our dysfunctional beliefs related to finding our passion and how they prevent us from moving forward. His five ideas … Read more
Having a job that you hate takes a tremendous toll on your body that you may not be fully aware of. Stress and misery can put your body into a fight, flight, or freeze state, leading to poor sleep, frequent … Read more