Life isn’t about finding yourself.
It’s about creating yourself.
Accomplish more by doing less
Accomplish more by doing less Fight, flight or freeze is real, even if the "threat" is our to-do list. I knew I was in trouble when I started on hour three of Dawson’s Creek reruns with no intention of getting off the couch. My email was chiming, the phone was...
When the cost of healing is our past relationships
Our past relationships 2017 has proven a difficult year so far. The November presidential election has had the global political climate in a tail spin. At home, I have a tween who became a teen and seemingly grew up overnight. On a personal level, I’ve had to...
6 ways to build healthy relationships
Threats and ultimatums healthy relationships do not make. A few weeks ago, we had plans to see an extended family member who we don't often have the opportunity to see. He was in town for a few days working and we cleared our schedules so we would be available when he...
The Secret to Good Parenting
The Secret to Good Parenting is written by Diana Baker, MSW, a mental health counselor with 20 years' experience working with children and families. She provides mental health counseling in St. John's, Florida. Offering individual and family counseling for children,...
Why being loving makes us more lovable
Being loving makes us move lovable I have a 10 year old yellow Labrador Retriever. We got Decoy when he was between 6 months and a year old. He came from a rescue without a story. He was skinny and hyper, totally untrained and out of control. A couple...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
It started as a spanking. She had light brown curls and blue eyes, her tiny body dwarfed by the hospital bed in which she sat, eating ice chips from a paper cup. She was wearing a diaper and and nothing else, still being monitored by the doctors and...
“Personality disorder” is code for “trauma survivor”
What is a personality disorder? A personality disorder is an inherent pattern of behavior driven by an intense need for attachment, fear of abandonment, and inability to adapt to changing situations and circumstances. It's characterized by a pervasive negative world...
Good Mental Health in all areas of life
The whole purpose of Good Mental Health is to share what I've learned as I've traveled the path of finding "it"- good mental health- for myself. Sharing the lessons from a scary childhood and the non-existent self esteem it caused, the body image issues, the anxiety,...
Love is always the answer
Last night, twenty years ago, my husband asked me to marry him. It had been raining for a week; a long, cold, dreary rain as winter struggled to turn into spring. We were in our final semester of college. We had a lot on our minds-like finding jobs and...
It takes courage to change
Human beings are creatures of habit. We find something that works for us and we tend to do it, over and over, whether it continues yielding good results for us or not. A relationship that was once good but has gone sour? We stay in that relationship, forever waiting...
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Hi, I'm Diana Brummer a psychotherapist, writer, and coach in St. Johns, Florida. I love helping people thrive in their relationships and their lives. My hope is that you find the information in these articles educational and useful. Thank you for stopping by! Join us on Instagram
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