Pride Month
As we move through Pride month, please don’t forget to support these wonderful local groups. The Urban Abbey https://www.theurbanabbey.org/ Heartland Pride Heartland Pride Homepage PFLAG Omaha http://pflag-omaha.org/ Black and Pink Home Queer Nebraska Youth...
The Everyday Mask
At this point, we all have a mask for every occasion. There is the mask for work, the one that stays in your purse or in your car, the one you wear after exercising and the one that always seems to be lost. I feel like I should probably frame my Artifact mask. I...
Stigma of Therapy
We all know that connecting with a therapist from time to time can be useful. While 2020 brought to light new and interesting conversations around mental health, I don’t know that it really helped diminish our stigma surrounding counseling. The worst part...
Morning Gratitude Exercise
If I haven’t mentioned it before I hate mornings. Literally for as long as I can remember I’ve dreaded waking up in the mornings. I can still feel anger seethe from my skin when I recall my dad flipping on my bedroom lights before my alarm clock had a...
Celebrating The All Female Staff
I was reminded of Healing Tree’s core values while in discussion with a friend over the weekend. Healing Tree has set out from day one to be a place of refuge for all walks of life while approaching therapy in a more neutral way to help decrease the...
Running with Kevin Hart
As previously noted, I am not a natural born runner. I am slow at best, clumsy at worst…the bruising on my left knee can speak to it, trust me. I have run the same way for about 20 years now. I find the most colorful shoe a person can buy, cheap running clothes and...
Picasso During COVID-19
So we all saw the online tutorials light up this past spring with our stay at home orders. You could take a class on baking bread, painting, gardening, and crocheting…the possibilities were really endless. But do you know why you and the rest of the...
BLM
As we look to help our communities during this holiday season, consider donating to one of these organizations. Money will go towards medical help, educational programs and other really important services for disabled Black, indigenous people of color. Remember every...