It seems only right to kick off the “Inspiring Others Award” the week of Thanksgiving. The whole idea behind these awards is to show our gratitude for all you are doing. We see you!!! You are inspiring us. You are inspiring your community, your friends and family! You are doing so many good things, random acts of kindness, working harder…
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by Lauren Schifferdecker, MA, LCPC founder of Inspire My friends, let’s talk about food and how we feel about our bodies. We’ve got holidays, more restrictions about stay-at-home-orders, winter coming up. It’s a perfect storm for eating issues. At Inspire, we are seeing a big rise in disordered eating during the COVID pandemic. If you struggle with food or how…
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by Wendy Goldman, LCSW  The pursuit of PERFECTION: What is the cost to our mental & physical health…and our kids? It’s no secret. From very early on, little girls are conditioned to be a certain way. Girls learn that being attractive will please others, help secure love and success in order to receive positive feedback. We live in a society…
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by Lauren Giles, LCSW  I was scrolling through social media when I  came upon a friend’s post, “need advice because I am only getting a couple of hours of sleep at night.” She soon got all kinds of suggestions, “Try Xanax” one friend recommended with a smile emoji, “Ambien” another wrote with prayer hands. Someone from her virtual book club…
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By Lauren Schifferdecker (and the help of all the Inspire therapists!) Halloween always seems to be a hot topic, but now more than ever. This year, there’s a little thing — you might have heard of — called COVID, which has thrown off the best of us. Parents you have a lot to navigate with logistics (how the heck do…
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by Cyndi Benner, MA, LPC  I was watching the presidential debates and had a thought that kept swimming around in my head. Between the divisive presidential election and the ongoing pandemic–we are all going through a lot together.   Did you know that some experts say we are experiencing a chronic trauma right now?  Trauma by definition is an event that…
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