by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | Mar 15, 2018 | Counseling News, Mental Health
Recently we took a family trip, a road trip. Twenty-four hour drive in a vehicle with the entire family: husband, and children – all boys – 17, 15, and 12 year old twins. All boys! You read that right! I deserve a gold star just for that! How about a trip...
by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | Sep 12, 2017 | Counseling News, Life
We all have a story. The history of our family, what we were taught, messages we held on to and placed value and meaning to. This story plays out on a subconscious level, without our awareness. Not really surfacing unless we decide to see it, uncover the hidden...
by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | Aug 8, 2017 | Achieving Goals, Counseling News
You can create every day to be just about what you intend it to be. Yes it takes effort. Yes it will be hard sometimes. Yes it will challenge your old beliefs. Say YES anyway! It will be worth it. Imagine feeling excited about getting up in the morning and...
by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | May 8, 2017 | Counseling News
Joe Dispenza, Author of the book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, states that your personality creates your personal reality. What does that mean? Well let’s first define our personality. Many say that our personality is who we are, there’s no changing it, it’s...
by Dawn Gaden, M.A., LPC, NCC | Jan 17, 2017 | Counseling News, Depression, Loneliness
The feeling of depression draws this image in my mind: you are at the bottom of a well. It is dark, musty, dirty and there is no way out. The only way is to claw your way out. Fingernails dig into the wet slimy bricks barely able to get a grip. You find some sort of...
