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Sam Alvis
May 21, 20225 min read
Context is Key (Part Two): Why Context Clues Help Your Brain Name the "Story" of Your "State"
Last week, we looked at some real life examples of how offering practical context clues in a particular event can alter a person’s...
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Sam Alvis
Apr 20, 20225 min read
Context is Key: The Power of Context in Fostering Safety, Consistency, and (Ideally) Healing
(In this series, we’ll learn about the power of context and how it impacts our experiences of the world, others, and ourselves. We’ll...
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Sam Alvis
Nov 2, 20215 min read
The Pain that Lingers: When Suffering is the Rule, Not the Exception
I am by no means the first (or the only) one to recognize our world’s insatiable yearning for wellness and health. And while this desire...
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Sam Alvis
Oct 11, 20215 min read
The Not-So-Happy Anniversary: How to Navigate Significant Grief and Trauma Anniversaries
Like many people, I love the transition from summer to fall (no, I do not like pumpkin spice lattes, wide-brimmed hats, or fall pictures,...
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Sam Alvis
Sep 13, 20214 min read
The Goal is Connection, Not Change: The Focus of Both Counseling and the Gospel
People often view counseling as a process you enter in order to change. Indeed, a recent counseling textbook I read directly stated that...
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Sam Alvis
Aug 11, 20214 min read
What’s In a Name?: Why the Words We Use For Ourselves (And Others) Matter.
Sorry Shakespeare, but it turns out that there happens to be a lot of significance in a name. (If your mind is coming up empty as to what...
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Sam Alvis
Jun 30, 20214 min read
You Are More Than A Body, But You Are Certainly No Less Than It.
It seems that we as humans aren’t quite sure what to make of our embodied selves. Do we indulge our physical cravings and urges, or...
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Sam Alvis
May 31, 20214 min read
For Those of You Whose Lives Will Never Return to "Normal."
Many are celebrating in this season as we slowly begin to emerge out of the crisis of this past pandemic year. We are beginning to have...
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Sam Alvis
Apr 27, 20214 min read
Clients: Find a Therapist Who Practices What They Preach
My late mother, a teacher of all sorts, left me with a handful of aphorisms that continue to inform how I go about life. She loved her...
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Sam Alvis
Mar 23, 20214 min read
Your Emotions Are Not a Sin: And Why You Have More Agency than You Realize.
(Learn about how your emotions are the expression of your physiological state that communicates a physical, psychological, social, or...
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