Better Life Dallas Counseling

06/02/2026

Want to keep momentum on your progress in therapy? Try keeping a reflection journal. You can use it to “talk” it out the way you might in therapy. Imagine what your therapist might say, what they might ask you, and include it in your reflection.

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06/02/2026

Self-reflection is a skill that goes beyond "thinking about" or analyzing yourself. Learning to reflect on your experiences and how they have and do shape you is an important step in healing and personal growth.

06/02/2026

If someone you love has come out to you, show them they made the right decision in trusting you. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🩷

06/01/2026

If you want to stop or a change a pattern in your life, but nothing you've tried has helped, perhaps it's because there is something at play in the subconscious/unconscious that is getting in the way. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Once you bring it into the conscious it can no longer hide. It's not "woo-woo," it's awareness.

06/01/2026

I'll be honest, journaling is not my thing. I'm terrible at writing about my day, remembering what I did that I might want to remember again in the future, making myself sit down and think about what I'm grateful for...I've never been able to keep it up.

That said, I've always found benefit in taking time for Reflective Journaling.

Reflective journaling is not about logging events of your life or making lists.

Reflective journaling is a way of processing an experience that you can't quite make sense of yet. It requires (and even teaches) you to maintain dual attention.

Maintaining dual attention means being able to think back to a moment in the past while also being aware of how you feel in the present moment as you think back. It includes awareness of your thoughts, physical sensations, and emotions in the present moment as you remember the past.

This requires a special connection between your heart, mind, and body. The more you practice reflective journaling, the easier it becomes.

Why and how is this helpful?

When you are able to connect to the past, whether it was a few hours ago or a few decades ago, and remain present and aware, you learn things about yourself. This self-awareness is a very important step in the process of healing and personal growth.

Keeping a Reflection Journal has helped me learn what I truly need to feel safe, secure, and connected. When I feel "stuck," reflective journaling provides the break-thru.

Have you tried it?

Would you liket to try it?

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06/01/2026

05/28/2026

Break-ups, life changes, relationship issues, unresolved grief or tauma, or whatever it is you're going through, maybe it will help to talk to someone.

02/11/2026

What if I told you purity culture was never really about purity?

Purity culture is a system that teaches girls their bodies are dangerous, distracting, and responsible for boys’ thoughts. It tells women to cover up, shrink down, and carry the moral weight of male desire. Meanwhile, boys are often taught to “guard their eyes” without ever being taught to examine their entitlement, emotional immaturity, or distorted theology of s*x.

It polices her clothing but rarely confronts his character.
It shames her body but excuses his lust.

That is not holiness. That is misplaced responsibility.

At its core, purity culture externalizes sin. It locates the “problem” in a woman’s body instead of addressing the deeper issues of objectification, power, emotional repression, and a lack of formation in men. And the fallout is real. Women grow up disconnected from their bodies. Men grow up disconnected from accountability. Shame replaces maturity. Fear replaces intimacy.

We do not create healthy disciples by teaching girls to manage boys’ impulses.
We create healthy disciples by teaching men self-control, empathy, and respect.

Holiness is not about hiding women.

If this resonates, share it. The silence around this has lasted long enough.

02/10/2026

This is too good not to share! These distinctions are important. I can’t stress that enough. Raquelmartinphd breaks it down SO succinctly. Check it out! You’ll be glad you did.



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