The pursuit of happiness is a treadmill, true happiness is a mountaintop. Not sure what I mean? Lets see if this makes sense. Michael Eysenck is a British psychologist who developed the ‘Hedonic Treadmill Theory’. The theory discusses the concept that despite major positive and negative…
Author: Jessie Shepherd, LCMHC
Jessie Shepherd is a Mental Health Counselor and owner of Blue Clover Therapy in Utah. She has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Utah. Her focus is treating trauma, eating disorders and adjustment issues in adults, adolescents, children and their families. She utilizes Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Play Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Stop pushing people away.
Sometimes we push away healthy people. Sounds like a silly thing to do, but we do it and we feel like we can’t help it. It is rooted in the big insecurity that we don’t deserve a healthy lifestyle. Well- you do and the people…
When your kid starts acting like a baby
Yup- that moment when your mature, sophisticated big kid starts crawling around, talking baby talk. One of the most frustrating moments of any parents life. But believe it or not, it is completely normal but should not be ignored. Here is why it may be…
FOX 13’s The Place: Ghosts
28% of college students say they have had a paranormal experience. 3 out of 4 people harbor a ‘paranormal belief’ – The brain tries to make sense and create patterns of information that is muddled. – Own brain is specifically seeking out faces. Mars face…