It’s clear to me that we human beings have a marked tendency to shoot ourselves in the foot. We stay up too late watching TV and then suffer with fatigue all the next day. We leaves tasks and assignments unfinished until the day before they’re due, and then we rush around in an anxious panic…
Regarding Emails & Texting…
In every human communication there are two aspects, similar to how a song contains words and music. There’s the “data level” of the communications – the words – and there’s the “affect level” – the feelings and emotions circling around the words. Together both are conveyed best by a person-to-person encounter. Texting and emails have…
Covering the same old ground but not enjoying it?…
Ever notice that you’re staying too long in something that’s not working for you? A relationship, a job, a volunteer position. Through time I’ve come to see that being a therapist is in part about being a student of human nature, and one thing I’ve noticed so often is how we persevere in behaviors regardless of the…
About mindfulness…
Being mindful is about being aware. How to heighten your sense of awareness? Sit in a chair. Feel it supporting your seat, your back, your legs? Most times we just sit down and have no particular consciousness of what’s holding us up. The same’s true of traveling through life. Notice next time you’re in a…
Chase E. Kneeland, M.Div. LMFT 