Counseling and Wellness Center

01/22/2025

Anyone seeking a very empathetic and caring counselor? Jennifer Radke, LCSW will be starting her practice in Burleson beginning February 3. She has a heart for helping others and would love to help you work through any difficulties you may be facing. Her practice location is 1324 NW John Jones Dr, 76028. Please contact her at 817-940-2744 if you’d like to schedule an appointment.

06/27/2023

Imagine you're playing a game, and you have two options: to focus on things you can control or worry about things you can't control. Which one do you think will make you feel stronger and more in charge?

When you focus on what you can control, like your own actions, decisions, and efforts, it's like having a superpower. You can choose to do things that make a difference in your life. For example, if you have a test coming up, you can study hard and be prepared. By doing that, you increase your chances of doing well.

On the other hand, there are things that you simply can't control. Like the weather, other people's actions, or what will happen in the future. It's like trying to control the wind or make someone else do what you want. It's frustrating and often impossible.

So, when you let go of things you can't control, it's like putting down a heavy backpack that's dragging you down. Instead of wasting your energy and getting upset about things you can't change, you can use that energy to focus on things you can control and make a positive impact in your own life.

Remember, focusing on what you can control gives you power and makes you feel strong. Letting go of what you can't control helps you feel lighter and more at peace. So, it's important to ask yourself: "Can I control this?" If the answer is no, it's better to let go and focus on what you can control.

Exercise: Make a list of things in your life that are stressing you out and categorize them into ‘I can control’ and ‘I cannot control’. Reflect on whether you have been trying to change things that are out of your control and how that has affected you.

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Take care of your mind and body. Love, Nawal ♥️

05/03/2023

Psychologists and relationship experts Drs. John and Julie Gottman have studied more than 40,000 couples to identify the secrets to long-lasting marriages. Here's the No. 1 mistake that happy couples in successful relationships never make.

01/01/2023

May your 2023 be filled with joy and love!

12/25/2022

12/24/2022

"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Have a blessed Christmas Eve.

12/20/2022

Notice those who may be struggling and check on them.

Brilliant poet puts it perfectly: “It doesn’t always look like darkness… “


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It doesn’t always look like darkness
Disheveled
Discombobulated
Sometimes it looks like dance
Like joy
Like syncopated rhythms
Like grace
Like choreography channeling
Ancestor’s dreams
Powerful
Successful
Enviable

Sometimes we get so good
At the act
At the entertainment
At wearing the mask
That we can fool ourselves
A little bit
Long enough for the public
To believe
That we
Have it all together
That the airbrush portrait
Is real
The Instagram smile
Is permanent
That the steps aren’t automatic
That happiness 24/7 isn’t toxic
But the truth is
Living is hard
Lonely is real
Grief is too heavy to hold
People don’t check
On the strong friends
The smiling friends
The dancing friends
The friends who look like
They are on top of the world
Looks are often liars
Hopelessness can grow
Like weeds in the most beautiful
Garden
It doesn’t always look like
Darkness
And it’s so hard to say the words
Out loud
“I need help
This is too much
I don’t want to try anymore”
Because we clap for stunning
Clap for the performance
And ignore those in pain
It doesn’t always look like darkness
Sometimes it just looks like
Our reflection
In the Mirror
Sometimes it’s just too hard
To stay in the light

If life feels like it is too much
to take one more step
let someone hold your hand while you walk
You aren’t alone
You aren’t the only one
I’ve had those thoughts too
You are not alone
I promise

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12/16/2022

Well said….

The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person - without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other.

~ Osho [From ‘Being in Love’]
Artwork by Autumn Skye

11/28/2022

Stonewalling feels like, well, a stone wall. But there's a way around it - psychological self-soothing. Ask for a break and do something that gives your overloaded nervous system a chance to calm down. It could be taking a walk, spending a few minutes doodling, taking a shower, or even watching an episode of your favorite show.

This month's free Love Notes download shares helpful tips, like how long to soothe before returning to a conversation, and more. It's only available until November 30th!

11/27/2022

Some spoken truth….

"Grandma, I'm tired. So tired of this life..."

"Take your tiredness, my child, and wrap it around yourself. Like a blanket in the cold winter months. Tiredness comes to make you a nest, to bring you to wear comfortable clothes, to make you sink into its warm embrace. I invite you to stay within yourself. Without strength, without thoughts, without actions. Like the snow that covers everything to soften the world, to make it muffled, to protect it from noise. Accept the flakes of your tiredness and let yourself be completely covered by them."

"I could die buried under there..."

"You will be reborn instead. Like the seed in the ground. Do not resist your weariness, do not reject it with a thousand actions, a thousand intentions, a thousand feelings of guilt. It just wants to take you by the hand and lead you to sink into the void. Right there, where the source of every inner strength lies. They taught us to be strong by resisting. But it is in surrendering that the true heroes emerge."

"I'm afraid, grandmother. What if fatigue will annihilate me?"

"My child, you are not afraid of tiredness but of losing control of yourself. The time has come for you to give yourself to life. And to generate together with it the most wonderful children: the fruits of your soul!"

Author: Elena Bernabè

Picture by Magic on Flickr

11/22/2022

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by distorted body image, leading to the person going to extreme lengths to control their body weight.

11/15/2022

When mental illness and substance abuse affect your teenager it can be difficult to know where to turn. At Clearfork Academy we can treat dual diagnosis.