Shining Light Mental Health Services LLC

10/24/2025

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Boundaries aren’t about distance — they’re about clarity.

They tell others, “Here’s how to love me without losing yourself.”

In therapy, I see how often people mistake boundaries for rejection.

But healthy boundaries are an act of connection — they make real intimacy possible.

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10/17/2025

How can we use this time of increasing darkness to grow?
A few ideas…
- Getting cozy in bed with a good book helps your attention span, imagination and happiness to grow!
- Trying new recipes that warm your home and belly with comforting smells and flavors grows your experiences and joy! My husband and I baked a spice cake over the weekend and it made the house smell amazing! It tasted great too! 🤤
-With less time outside doing yard work and more time inside, it’s the perfect time to craft and take joy in creative projects! Fix a warm mug of cocoa or tea and create something. I have some diamond art kits that I’m going to try! I’ve never done diamond art before!
-Practice mindfulness by taking an evening walk in the dark and focus on your five senses: listening to your feet crunching through leaves, smell the scents of the fall air, feel the cool air on your skin, taste the air or sip a warm drink (don’t eat leaves- lol!) see the stars or leaves falling from the trees…experience the moment and let go of the worries and thoughts that go around and around in your mind. Ahhhhh…..

10/17/2025

10/15/2025

Are you feeling the shorter days? Many people are! It can impact us in many ways! Some people experience increased fatigue, irritability, sadness and changes to their appetite. You are not alone! In the coming days I am going to post some reframes about the growing darker days to help us try to embrace the increasing darkness and transition into this season a little easier. Stay tuned!

10/05/2025

I would suggest saving glass jars and containers and taking them to this purple dumpster. Throwing glass into these dumpsters gives you great glass breaking satisfaction (sound) in a non messy and safe way. Very satisfying!

It’s back! The central recycling drop off has found a new home just south of 72nd and Dodge.

Now located at 333 S 72nd ST, this will be a full service site, with green containers for standard recyclables and purple containers for glass. The site can be accessed from northbound 72nd ST.

09/30/2025

🤔 So often our expectations of ourselves and others impact how we feel about relationships. Maybe "fringeships" are a way of enjoying the interactional moment with someone else without the expectations and complications that sometimes come with friendship.

Fringe-ships are the easy-bake alternative to friendships.

09/30/2025

It's a good idea to pause and reflect on your goals and values, to make a decision that takes you where you want to go in life rather than just impulsively making snap decisions that take you further from the direction you meant to go.

It’s okay to slow down if you’re unsure about what to do next.

09/26/2025

I love 5 point scales because they enable us to:
1. Recognize and define our level of dysregulation.
2. Help us recognize that the dysregulated feelings can become worse if we take no action or can become better (lower numbers) if we take action and use coping skills. A scale reminds us we can get better or worse and we have control over what actions we take or don't take.
3. Help us monitor if our coping strategies are helping (if they are working we will go to a lower number on the scale).
4. 5 point scales make it easier to communicate with ourselves, our loved ones and our helpers (like therapists) what we are going through or went through. If I client tells me, "I was at a 3 so I went for a walk around the block to get some space from the problem and it helped!" we can recognize that they were feeling pretty upset and that going for a walk is a good coping skill for them to use. If the coping skill didn't help, we can explore other skills to try. If the client tells me they were at a 5 I understand just how intense it was from them and we can explore what was happening and what they did or didn't do. We can also work to recognize that if the client can begin to recognize they are at a 3 and increasing that they can take steps to not get to 5. We may need to explore needs for repair in relationships or situations if the person acted out while in a 5.

It’s easy to brush off overwhelm until it snowballs into a full shutdown. Here’s a little scale to help check in with yourself. Where do you land today?

09/24/2025

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I am a therapist but I am a human first with my clients. I think my clients appreciate that. I am attuned and aligned.

09/23/2025

Clinically, trauma refers to events that pose a serious threat to your physical safety or your life, like sexual assault, abuse, or violent accidents.

09/22/2025

This is an area I love to work with clients! Healing is possible but just being aware that this is in your past won't do the trick. I like to use a theory and techniques that help you connect to those wounded child parts so that you can reparent them and heal those attachment traumas. In all of my studies I haven't found another theory that heals early attachment trauma the way this method does. If you are ready to do the work and feel better, reach out! I have specialized training to help you on this journey! Jenny@shininglightne.com (402) 625-0047. Currently accepting clients. Sessions available M-F, afternoon and evenings.

2. What you remember about your childhood is the silence.