Emotions – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://basicsteps.life/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-basic-steps-mental-health-siteicon-3-32x32.png Emotions – Basic Steps Mental Health https://basicsteps.life 32 32 156554076 The American Dream (Nightmare) https://basicsteps.life/2026/04/the-american-dream-nightmare/ https://basicsteps.life/2026/04/the-american-dream-nightmare/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:00:52 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=12984 Why do people seek therapy? For many, they suffer from depression, anxiety, or debilitating mood swings. People mostly seek treatment for substance use issues. As of late, it is something more disturbing. The majority of people showing up for treatment as of recent times are there to deal with the issues they face in this […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2026/04/the-american-dream-nightmare/feed/ 0 12984 Nine Life Lessons https://basicsteps.life/2026/01/nine-life-lessons/ https://basicsteps.life/2026/01/nine-life-lessons/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:05 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=6991 Thirty-two years. That’s how long I have been in this industry. It is hard to believe I lasted so long. You either sink or swim. I remember being fired for healing the clients too quickly at one facility in Malibu. Strange but true. Fortunately, it inspired me, and I vowed to open up my own […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2026/01/nine-life-lessons/feed/ 0 6991 How to Climb Out of the Rut https://basicsteps.life/2025/09/how-to-climb-out-of-the-rut/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/09/how-to-climb-out-of-the-rut/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:28:38 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=6572 The picture a client painted of their current situation really impacted me. They felt like they didn’t match up to others, that people were judging them harshly, that they couldn’t meet their own expectations, that they were stuck in a nowhere job, and why did they always feel a sense of doom? When you are […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/09/how-to-climb-out-of-the-rut/feed/ 0 6572 The Positives of Depression https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/the-positives-of-depression/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/the-positives-of-depression/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:00:41 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=6225 When I graduated from the University of Santa Monica with my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, the famous cancer surgeon Dr. Bernie Siegel was our graduate speaker. I still remember the speech vividly because he wished pain upon us all. In explaining this, Dr. Siegel stated that pain can be an incredible motivator. Our university […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/the-positives-of-depression/feed/ 0 6225 How to Obtain Mental Health https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/how-to-obtain-mental-health/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/how-to-obtain-mental-health/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:00:08 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=6042 Obtaining mental health shouldn’t be a secret. Everyone should be entitled to experience peace, joy, laughter, hope, and love. Just because you may feel you had the perfect upbringing and the perfect life doesn’t guarantee happiness. Happiness takes work on a daily basis it is not simply given to you.  Since the late 1800s the […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/04/how-to-obtain-mental-health/feed/ 0 6042 My Theory of Healing https://basicsteps.life/2025/02/my-theory-of-healing/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/02/my-theory-of-healing/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:28:38 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5763 How do people heal? That is the million-dollar question. It is a question that has spurred on industries from medicine to cosmetics, but caring for the physical body is only one piece of the puzzle, in all actuality, there are hundreds of pieces that need to be considered. To break things down into the basics, […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/02/my-theory-of-healing/feed/ 0 5763 Surviving Trying Times https://basicsteps.life/2025/01/surviving-trying-times/ https://basicsteps.life/2025/01/surviving-trying-times/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:03:00 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5566 It’s been a trying week for many people with the changing of the president. When there are uncertain times, how do you cope? People of color, those from other countries, and those who are gender questioning or living alternative lifestyles have been the most vulnerable because of what they went through in Trump’s last presidency. […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2025/01/surviving-trying-times/feed/ 0 5566 What Is the Best Healing Strategy? https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/what-is-the-best-healing-strategy/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/what-is-the-best-healing-strategy/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:48:50 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=5299 They gave us an assignment in graduate school to create our own healing strategy. At the time I didn’t take it very seriously and came up with something cute to impress all the ladies. Well, that was 25 years ago, and from that moment I’ve asked myself the same question, what is the best strategy […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/10/what-is-the-best-healing-strategy/feed/ 0 5299 Confession – I Am an Addict https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/confession/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/confession/#respond Sun, 19 May 2024 16:43:12 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=4707 I have a confession to make. I am an addict. I guess that’s the best way to describe my binge-watching of the power washing and garden makeover channels on YouTube. I thought it was just a phase, but after 3 months I am still mesmerized by watching people clean up disaster areas and I wonder […]

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]]> https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/confession/feed/ 0 4707 The Psychology of Music https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/the-psychology-of-music/ https://basicsteps.life/2024/05/the-psychology-of-music/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 08:00:38 +0000 https://basicsteps.life/?p=4644 When I was in graduate school, we were asked to write a Master’s Thesis on any subject we desired and I chose Rock Band. Actually, my paper was written on the psychological aspects of creating and performing in a rock and roll band. To be honest, I had the time of my life! I never […]

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