Courtney Beals, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

08/30/2024

Kindness needs no reason.

“How to Be Alone” by Pádraig Ó Tuama is part of our “Poetry Films” series, which features animated interpretations of beloved poems from our archive. Check o...

10/10/2023

Your problems will never go away, but your response to them, which is often more problematic than the problems themselves, can.

10/11/2022

Imagine if you used relationships to get to know other people, rather than to satisfy what is blocked inside of you. If you’re not trying to make people fit into your preconceived notions of what you like and dislike, you will find that relationships are not really that difficult. If you’re not so busy judging and resisting people based upon what is blocked inside of you, you will find that they are much easier to get along with—and so are you. Letting go of yourself is the simplest way to get closer to others.

M. Singer - The Untethered Soul

05/16/2022

I am looking for a self-motivated, hard working intern for my private practice in Yorba Linda. I have a waiting list of 10 clients and receive 1-2 referrals weekly. If you are interested or know someone who might be interested, please private message me. Thank you!

02/11/2022

Starting an IN PERSON group for mothers that are up against pre conceived ideas of what “good” parenting looks like. Very excited to create a space to share, heal, and grow with one another. Spread the word. Call or email for details. Space is limited.

02/10/2022

A good life is not a carefree life without pain or suffering. A good life is having the wisdom to admit that life can be pretty sh*tty sometimes and having the willingness to endure that pain in service of something greater than yourself.

01/20/2022

Maybe you don’t need to be remarkable today. Maybe you just need a glass of water and to go to sleep.

10/17/2021

Failure to attend to our most basic needs, (human touch, sunshine, etc), results in a stunted existence no matter how lofty our thoughts and worldly accomplishments.

09/30/2021

We are constantly trying to hold it all together. If you really want to see why you do things, then don't do them and see what happens.
Michael A. Singer, The Untethered Soul

05/19/2021

"When I label people, I no longer have to deal with them thoughtfully. I no longer have to feel overwhelmed by their complexity, the lives they live, the dreams they have. I know exactly where they are inside - or forever outside - my field of care, because they've been taken care of. The mystery of their existence has been solved and filed away before I've had a chance to be moved by them or even begun to catch a glimpse of who they might be. They've been neutralized. There's hardly any action quite so undemanding, so utterly unimaginative, as the affixing of a label. It's the costliest of mental shortcuts."

- David Dark

11/09/2020

I love this short and important read. Bonus points to the author for quoting Bukowski.

“I believe we are a species with amnesia, I think we have forgotten our roots and our origins. I think we are quite lost in many ways. And…