Secular ritual is simply the practice of including structured, symbolic, and repetitive actions into your day that help center you and meet your emotional and psychological needs. Many ritual habits are simple.  I like to cuddle with my dog every morning before getting out of bed. 

Among the Al-Anon literature, there is a book titled Hope for Today, which is a collection of reflections written by adult children of alcoholics who are on their own path to recovery from the trauma and experiences of their childhood. The writers reexamine and reconsider their relationships with their parents through the lens of maturity […]

When I started my career as a therapist, one of the first trends I noticed with my clients was how difficult it is for many of them to understand the distinction between a feeling and a thought. Feeling and cognition have become synonymous for many of us, leading to a pattern of conflating emotions and […]