https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1611179458958-Q64KS9Y2EIPQNCL0WCKA/IMG_20201031_162413913.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/existential-guilt monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/fef808a6-8b0e-4365-bb5c-dd348f5b1fb1/Screenshot+2026-02-03+at+6.45.36+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out In fact, classic meme you cannot. (Credit for original image to Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/28c5b677-594c-42b1-9e3b-751da7284570/Screenshot+2026-02-03+at+6.40.06+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out Click here to be whisked away on a whirlwind tour of Heideggerian terminology! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ad79bd9d-0419-49a4-b3be-b12caabe3a3a/Screenshot+2026-02-04+at+9.21.05+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out Heidegger in his study. I dig the ivy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/03dab60d-f98e-4c6d-a441-eb1c69ee8031/Screenshot+2026-02-04+at+9.30.41+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out As the author of 19 books as well as numerous essays and articles, Rollo May deserves much of the credit for adapting existential philosophy into a modern American approach to psychotherapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/324282c3-ccae-445a-8e70-67c00dbf7430/Screenshot+2026-02-04+at+9.42.09+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out While best known for his writing on psychology and philosophy, May remained a staunch advocate of integrating creativity into one’s life as well. This is demonstrated in his book My Quest For Beauty which showcased many of his own paintings such as the one above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/88dfe0f0-bbd9-401d-b20f-a5a9e7492d87/Screenshot+2026-02-04+at+9.58.02+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out In her classic poem “The Summer Day”, Mary Oliver asks us this most poignant of questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/9bbd1088-a11d-4f54-8fba-b80b82eba9bc/Screenshot+2026-02-05+at+8.11.08+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential Guilt - Make it stand out Lists of values and value identification activities like those available on this website can be an useful resource to help you hone in on your priorities. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/being-seen monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ea170ca7-82d5-4ceb-89f0-008d58a5ef10/Screenshot+2025-12-28+at+8.38.06+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Being Seen As a Basic Need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/63e43b22-8aa3-4f81-a157-706d33df0568/Screenshot+2026-01-11+at+7.42.37+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Being Seen As a Basic Need - Make it stand out The performance artist Marina Abramovic famously explored the experience of mutual gaze in her marathon performance piece The Artist Is Present, performed in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art. For the work she invited strangers to sit opposite her, one-at-a-time, without speaking, over the course of several weeks. More than 1500 people accepted the invitation, including celebrities such as James Franco, Björk, Lou Reed, and Alan Rickman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/852f887b-0e5f-400f-8efb-3a2bc7a41ebc/Screenshot+2025-12-24+at+7.06.43+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Being Seen As a Basic Need - Make it stand out The author Ralph Ellison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/3122c4c9-cb10-44a6-a7c9-ab0f59e79f1a/Screenshot+2025-12-24+at+7.12.16+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Being Seen As a Basic Need - Make it stand out For more about this concept check out my previous blog post on the topic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/3331ae6e-9cf5-4e77-9bec-e7146d429a95/Screenshot+2025-12-26+at+8.44.01+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Being Seen As a Basic Need - Make it stand out Edward Hoppers’ Office In a Small City, 1953. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/grouptherapy monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/d8023c48-0f74-4058-803f-f7abf66e7130/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.39.54+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - “But Other People Are Scary”: The Awesomeness of Group Therapy - Make it stand out Thank you, Fleabag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/25943d6e-734d-4948-be51-e0698641572c/Screenshot+2025-08-19+at+11.42.36+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - “But Other People Are Scary”: The Awesomeness of Group Therapy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/c05ede20-1a6c-4748-990b-e369c1ccbadf/Screenshot+2025-08-20+at+9.04.08+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - “But Other People Are Scary”: The Awesomeness of Group Therapy - Make it stand out Schopenhauer preferred the company of a series of poodles to other humans (relatable.) He named all of them Atman, Sanskrit for “soul” or “self.” Painting by Eric Drass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/04869918-41ee-4f47-8240-a5ae8acf922d/Screenshot+2025-08-20+at+9.09.57+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - “But Other People Are Scary”: The Awesomeness of Group Therapy - Make it stand out Artwork courtesy of The Marginalian. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/2025/7/6/autism-and-existentialism monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/5a4ff843-00d3-487a-9cf0-84a75f3b309a/Screenshot+2025-07-11+at+6.45.29+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Autism and Existentialism - Make it stand out As rates of Autism diagnosis continue to increase the neurodiversity paradigm is becoming ever more relevant to our society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/e0cbe292-fef0-4428-b8aa-4dc369d183ff/Screenshot+2025-07-14+at+9.57.30+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Autism and Existentialism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/d71b5bbd-99ee-4455-8601-1bae0c3f09d7/Screenshot+2025-07-08+at+8.04.05+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Autism and Existentialism - Make it stand out Devon Price’s Unmasking Autism is a great resource and much-beloved in the late Autism diagnosis community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1932ecda-b54f-4186-ae03-9f2d529bb2e4/Screenshot+2025-07-14+at+9.59.47+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Autism and Existentialism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/existential-life-cycle monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/17bc5ae7-3944-45ca-88d4-fdb66010d18e/83734693.gif Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Your Existential Crisis Is Totally Normal: Existential Crises As Part of the Life Cycle - Make it stand out It’s pretty much like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/b11c0cd4-d734-4198-bbb7-c3ccaf93b3b8/Screenshot+2025-03-31+at+8.47.41+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Your Existential Crisis Is Totally Normal: Existential Crises As Part of the Life Cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/17ffa3d9-af63-40db-bf0c-81c90abde211/Screenshot+2025-03-29+at+8.26.47+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Your Existential Crisis Is Totally Normal: Existential Crises As Part of the Life Cycle - Make it stand out According to existential analysis, the cultivation of the four fundamental motivations (FMs) support an existence lived with our full will and inner consent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f30dfc61-c5cc-45e8-b44c-83fe17d0f154/Screenshot+2025-04-10+at+6.40.20+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Your Existential Crisis Is Totally Normal: Existential Crises As Part of the Life Cycle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/2025/2/11/the-four-givens-of-existence-death-freedom-isolation-and-meaninglessness monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ddcf7332-00f2-487a-bb52-f49fa98a6611/Screenshot+2025-02-11+at+7.20.20+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/c331330b-af01-487a-bf1f-a08bb54fefad/Screenshot+2025-02-11+at+7.25.02+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out An bizarre and appropriately unsettling publicity photo of Ernest Becker and his ole pal Death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/90ed8058-0334-4f1d-8fc8-e23837788ecd/Screenshot+2025-02-13+at+6.15.59+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out In 17th century Europe a genre of art known as memento mori (“remember you must die”) rose to popularity. Works in this style commonly incorporate contrasting symbols of death and life (such as skulls and flowers) as a reminder to viewers of the transiency of life. Vanitas Still Life by Pieter Claesz, 1625. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/4168cea8-496d-4cc0-82c8-ac841b4e104e/Screenshot+2025-02-12+at+1.24.36+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out One of my favorite literary passages about the pain and fear around choice in young adulthood comes from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. The main character imagines all her possible futures as figs hanging from a tree, of which she can only pick one, and finds herself so paralyzed by the choice that she is in danger of letting them all pass her by. Link to original artist’s webpage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/09c014d1-defb-49da-a98e-a758b0a808b3/Screenshot+2025-02-13+at+6.42.31+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out One tool that can help you hone in on your values is a card deck like this one by Lisa Congdon. I sometimes use these with clients to provide a visual aid in identifying, prioritizing, and committing to act on values. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/9a385d3a-a3db-4f93-b95f-a132c3dbf52c/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+8.12.50+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out Do we really want/need more than “this provincial life”? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f67bc901-6b69-416c-bb03-1ef4624b94fd/Screenshot+2025-02-20+at+7.38.38+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out This is the vibe I’m talking about. Illustration credit Jill Barklem, Winter Story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/09d6e541-ff86-462c-a4b7-0ddc00db9ec0/Screenshot+2025-02-15+at+12.35.38+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out My clients sometimes come in thinking they need to find a single monolithic meaning to their life, but the truth is most of us find it by assembling a collection of things (relationships, experiences, projects, etc.) that we personally find beautiful or compelling; like these found object mosaics by artist Jill Gatwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/183555ae-57f3-4566-b7d1-cedd62340bb6/Screenshot+2025-02-12+at+1.42.43+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out Thank you Existential Comics for this most excellent interpretation of “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/649611e4-bf44-439f-92c9-b3f889fc80ea/Screenshot+2025-02-13+at+6.33.43+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Four Givens of Existence: Death, Freedom, Isolation, and Meaninglessness - Make it stand out Thanks to Ellis Tangents for this graphic. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/blog monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/283143b3-591e-48ae-bdae-34bd30406c92/Screenshot+2025-01-05+at+8.18.07+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 2): Reality and Transcendence - Make it stand out For a deeper exploration of facticity check out my most recent blog post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/0bf32e96-7db6-4000-8938-428d1409dc22/Screenshot+2025-01-05+at+1.01.41+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 2): Reality and Transcendence - Make it stand out The concepts written about in this post are mostly contained in Sartre’s landmark work Being and Nothingness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/a511339b-e56c-4007-b0b6-53f54c76c15e/Screenshot+2025-01-05+at+1.08.49+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 2): Reality and Transcendence - Make it stand out The line “Hell is other people” comes from Sartre’s play No Exit, which features three characters driving each other nuts in the literal hell of the afterlife. If this sounds familiar, it may be because the TV show “The Good Place” borrowed heavily from No Exit. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/sartre-and-mental-health-freedom-responsibility-pt1 monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/05f3b59d-b03c-4572-812a-664550271749/Screenshot+2024-11-29+at+8.14.16+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 1): Freedom, Responsibility, and Taking a Grumpy Old Philosopher With a Grain of Salt - Make it stand out I had to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ec7fa72d-0ce0-4f41-96e2-a3ffda81007f/Screenshot+2024-11-30+at+8.47.02+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 1): Freedom, Responsibility, and Taking a Grumpy Old Philosopher With a Grain of Salt - Make it stand out Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and psychologist, who developed his theory of healing through meaning while a prisoner of Auschwitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/658267aa-3f61-4592-9832-ff44e3665d8a/Screenshot+2024-12-02+at+9.22.04+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 1): Freedom, Responsibility, and Taking a Grumpy Old Philosopher With a Grain of Salt - Make it stand out Popeye speaking to his facticity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/32dd5d66-ee91-4821-bfa2-92ee0e70233e/Screenshot+2024-12-02+at+9.32.49+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Sartre and Mental Health (pt. 1): Freedom, Responsibility, and Taking a Grumpy Old Philosopher With a Grain of Salt - Make it stand out The biopsychosocial model, which is frequently used in social work practice and education, also nods to the varied and overlapping influences on a person choices and coping abilities. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/psychological-biomimicry monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f601059c-09fe-40d7-aa7b-56f1f8d3d71c/Screenshot+2024-07-17+at+9.51.18+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out Me last summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/2145b603-3fe2-45b6-9aae-d4b7c18e9e16/Screenshot+2024-07-17+at+9.53.06+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/235e330f-c899-4caf-b42f-c505835f344a/Screenshot+2024-07-21+at+8.45.08+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out To survive the summer earthworms will burrow down into the soil, knot themselves into a ball, and surround themselves with mucus to create a kind of self-contained cocoon. Credit to backyardnature.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/6c529aae-6631-482c-b2e7-712683a026ab/batbridge.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out The bats! Go see ‘em! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/5a1b20ac-337e-4b13-aefe-663712ea9c85/Screenshot+2024-07-21+at+9.00.36+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out Photo credit Heather Valey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ec49c0ee-ac8a-4c8e-8c47-72290ea10b70/E5JoFxmHJX0wUYPAoFair41J1MPX6HrRQHCDNlFa.webp.jpeg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/5785a0e6-6a9c-4590-b850-97c3e15a1f30/Screenshot+2024-07-21+at+9.04.14+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Psychological Biomimicry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/mental-health-mixtape-2-songs-about-diagnoses monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/39517107-dc7b-4743-a4cd-01ed511957d9/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+6.22.13+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Mental Health Mixtape #2: Songs About Diagnoses - Make it stand out The OG! https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/plotlines-literature-and-mental-health monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/c541e9ca-1573-42ec-873c-dd55c27f38b5/Screenshot+2024-03-24+at+8.56.11+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Plotlines: Literature and Mental Health - Make it stand out A few of my favorites from the American Library Association’s celebrity reading posters. From left to right are Ani DiFranco, David Bowie, and Taylor Swift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/8098b189-7652-41ba-801c-377487837ff4/Screenshot+2024-03-24+at+8.59.48+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Plotlines: Literature and Mental Health - Make it stand out READ IT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/787cd3f4-20f2-43f4-ab1b-9b95d2fd066a/Screenshot+2024-03-24+at+9.08.36+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Plotlines: Literature and Mental Health - Make it stand out Maslow’s “new and improved” hierarchy of needs. Many renditions leave off his final addition of self-transcendence. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/self-something-the-making-of-a-good-relationship-with-yourself monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/fe6b7966-4ffb-42f9-a52b-8b0feb3d5cf5/Screenshot+2024-01-07+at+6.27.41+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Self-something: making a good relationship with your self - Make it stand out What’s onstage in your mental theatre, once the audience has left? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/d4d465b1-41f5-45f4-a418-e3d73861afa0/Screenshot+2024-01-07+at+6.25.12+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Self-something: making a good relationship with your self - Make it stand out Heheh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/9e487ae0-e2d8-4ae5-8e00-cbaaa6d3cbd8/Screenshot+2024-01-08+at+7.27.01+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Self-something: making a good relationship with your self - Make it stand out When it comes to self-dialogue, you can imagine a tone of “honest coffee chat with a good friend”. Another paradigm I’ve heard is “caring parent and inner child.” Whatever feels more right to you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/3f162191-b644-4ab1-95a9-67a40db4cb74/Screenshot+2024-01-14+at+9.38.51+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Self-something: making a good relationship with your self - Make it stand out This artist depicts via a set of cards reminiscent of a tarot deck a few of the various “distractor” parts that might be present in an IFS understanding of one’s parts. From left to right they are workaholism, overeating, partying, and exercise. Available at http://www.inneractivecards.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/c54d4856-d75c-41c6-8222-58de030ec6b4/Screenshot+2024-01-08+at+7.51.27+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Self-something: making a good relationship with your self - Make it stand out The importance of self-dialogue as PEA sees it is that it helps point the individual toward their personal best way forward via committed choice and action. My own internal conversations help me know when to step in and show the responsibility that Fred Rogers espouses (and is a personal value of mine), and when for whatever reason I cannot. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/hippie-shit-what-modern-therapy-owes-the-1960s-counterculture monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f919ecc4-92ee-4abf-bd5d-56a3d66bc89f/Screenshot+2023-11-04+at+7.48.30+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Hippie Shit: What Modern Therapy Owes the 1960s Counterculture - Make it stand out Two residents of the Esalen Institute walking down to its famous clothing-optional hot springs overlooking the California coastline, circa 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f478c076-ff0f-48ed-b8b9-640ef2b3aa85/Screenshot+2023-11-04+at+8.14.50+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Hippie Shit: What Modern Therapy Owes the 1960s Counterculture - Make it stand out The legendary and Seussical grounds of Esalen. 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Shit got wild, y’all. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/the-doldrums-climate-change-mental-health-and-feeling-stuck monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/92e2f4f0-dc0c-4bb7-aec6-0b9c9f72420c/Screenshot+2023-09-12+at+6.55.06+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Doldrums: Climate Change, Mental Health, and Feeling Stuck - Make it stand out The chaotic spiral of events in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing unfolds in the midst of an extreme heat wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/ae7e0729-f0d9-4d45-845b-b9939fd3d44d/Infographic_Ecoanxiety.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Doldrums: Climate Change, Mental Health, and Feeling Stuck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/11edadc9-aeca-4804-a0ef-2b95901dcdbf/Screenshot+2023-09-13+at+9.26.43+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - The Doldrums: Climate Change, Mental Health, and Feeling Stuck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/existential-parenting-motherhood-and-individuation monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/3c6e6f01-6983-4cc5-b4f9-3711f74fad3c/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+8.59.15+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Existential parenting: motherhood and individuality - Make it stand out Margaret Mahler: An intellectual lady before that was cool, who escaped the Nazis before making a name for herself in psychoanalysis. 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Which feels like the better metaphor of life to you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/5a989551-7f6b-48fa-8171-f7d34add92e2/Screen+Shot+2023-04-19+at+8.40.39+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Walking Downhill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/5d5718fc-d61b-4e0d-b660-e072651860e9/Screen+Shot+2023-04-19+at+8.40.09+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Walking Downhill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/3b3f1ed3-c9d7-43c3-85eb-2688099440b9/Screen+Shot+2023-04-19+at+8.39.26+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Walking Downhill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/71b8c1f8-0205-45c0-9040-eb2038cb4d4e/Screen+Shot+2023-04-19+at+8.38.32+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Walking Downhill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/f1b3a61c-349b-4f69-9ebc-094d54685f53/Screen+Shot+2023-04-19+at+8.37.47+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Walking Downhill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/when-its-over-adolescent-mental-health-post-covid monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/d3c52039-c397-4ecb-9ec0-3edde6ae2dbc/Sugar_Ray_When_Its_Over_Official_Music_Video.gif Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - When it's over...is it really over? 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Stratified Soil by Angeles Pomato. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/02781e76-a8a3-4d94-99c8-86e350cdac40/-everything-changes-everything-is-connected-pay-attention.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Mom-life and inner change - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/i-guess-im-a-mom-now-parenthood-as-transition monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1666453319512-JSJRU3G35M8UNX99UXUX/Screen+Shot+2022-10-22+at+10.41.26+AM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - I Guess I'm a Mom Now? Parenthood as Transition - Make it stand out From what I was hearing, I was pretty much going to turn out like this within the first two months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1666149037433-EWD0F67ZD4H38RB0EMT1/EriksonsStages.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - I Guess I'm a Mom Now? 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Parenthood as Transition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/we-objectify-ourselves monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1663596182050-B5MU1AD1VRXLF2WUQ815/Metropolisclock.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - We Objectify Ourselves - Make it stand out Me trying to do all the things, as depicted in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1662560757703-CDZOEC93W2U77LVEPZ3S/Screen+Shot+2022-09-06+at+10.08.22+PM.png Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - We Objectify Ourselves - Make it stand out Of course, the most widely recognized form of objectification is sexual objectification: the breaking down of a person into body parts, as this PETA ad shows in a most cringe-worthy way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1662562669767-CU24T3BARF63J1UQE3ZL/kurtvonnegutletter.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - We Objectify Ourselves - Make it stand out Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to a class of high school students, with a beautiful and heartfelt urging for them to engage in art as a way to stay in touch with their own subjectivity. https://hannahfrankeltherapist.com/blog/wtf-is-existential-therapy monthly 0.5 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1659447115061-3RW42G4LAFN33SK8XU5S/dontletitsetin.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Wtf is existential therapy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a006ac04c0dbf379776a2db/1659445959026-WXXIHL75ZRC809QJ6BAT/ztt0vknmrd431.jpg Real Talk: a Therapy Blog - Wtf is existential therapy? - Make it stand out One of my all-time favorite visual depictions of therapy. 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