Jennifer Thrift, MA, LLPC

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Grey Street Counseling & Wellness Center Outpatient professional counseling office in Clarkston, MI serving the Clarkston community and surro

Let's take it easy, people. No sudden moves, resolutions are out 🤣😂

Remember to take care of yourselves this holiday season 🎄

❤ Even if you are your own company ❤

Wishing the most blessed of Thanksgiving wishes to you and yours

Stay present, stay focused, move forward 💯

Stay weird friends!

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Spend some time caring for you 💛

30 Signs of Soul Exhaustion Are you in a funk and feeling like you can’t get out of it? Perhaps you’re going through a traumatic event. Your heart and mind are preoccupied with what’s going on in your life. Suddenly, your body starts reacting to the situation. Your body and mind are interconnected. So, when your mind is ...

Change isn't easy, neither is cooking rice.

Hope this weekend is granting you some you time 🤞

Hey friends! Give yourself a bit of grace today ❤

My hope is that each of us can grow in our use of social media and content sharing. Be kind to one another and set strong examples for others ❤

In times like we are experiencing now it is so important to remember to respect others, to understand that not everyone has the same point of view, and no matter the subject, putting others down is only hurting you. Lift others up so that you may rise as well!

The same way that your body depends on food for fuel, your brain requires some healthy nourishment.

Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health Blog The emerging field of nutritional psychiatry is finding that the food you eat directly affects the structure of your digestive tract, the function of your brain, and, ultimately, your mood.

Sending positive vibes your way!

Find some beauty and be thankful for where you are

Telehealth has been real. Happy to be moving back into in-office sessions beginning July 1st. My office hours have changed slightly, email or website is the fastest way to secure a spot on the calendar. Can't wait to see you!

Jennifer Thrift, MA, LLPC updated their website address.

Move. Shift. Grow. 👌👇❤

Where is your boiling point?

Do you know that panic feeling that sets in when you're making pasta and the water is at a perfect boil, you feel it's balanced enough to step away for a moment... everything's under control. Then you look at the stove and the water's boiled over, you rush in, burn your hand, dump the water and attempt to clean up the scalded mess on the stove. By the time you've cleaned the stove and mended your finger the pasta is overdone and you've lost your appetite. Sound a little bit like life right now?

Take a step back and breathe. Regain your balance. Control your boil and enjoy the process. When you let yourself over boil and then frantically work to clean up the mess, you miss the point, miss the process, and no one enjoys ruined pasta.

It seems that many of us began dealing with feelings of anxiety and depression amid the coronavirus outbreak - and many of us are beginning to experience mixed symptoms going back into some new processes post-quarantine. Remember - we are all experiencing things that we may not have ever experienced before - don't be afraid to reach out and if you see something - say something. Don't be afraid to ask the hard questions and reach out to someone who may be in need.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/26/americans-with-depression-anxiety-pandemic/?arc404=true

A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression, Census Bureau finds amid coronavirus pandemic Symptoms of anxiety and depression are widespread during the pandemic, according to the Census Bureau’s new Household Pulse Survey.

Often the foods we eat have a direct link to our moods, including shifts in hormones related to stress, anxiety and women's monthly cycles. Cultivate your balance through your belly!

Foods That Can Help Keep Your Hormones Balanced When it comes to changes in our hormones or issues related to these changes such as stress or PMS, we often don't think to turn to food as a remedy. However, certain foods can help balance out your hormones, and including these foods in your diet…

Embrace the journey

Reach out to your loved ones - take 'off-hand' comments a bit more seriously and above all else - don't be afraid to ask difficult questions and let people know that you love them and that they are needed. If you find yourself concerned about someone and not knowing how to handle it - reach out to someone like me for help and guidance
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/2020/05/12/new-study-projects-68000-deaths-of-despair-among-americans-due-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

New study projects 68,000 ‘deaths of despair’ among Americans due to the coronavirus pandemic Many areas around the U.S. and the world are seeing a decrease in the growth rate of COVID-19 cases and deaths. However, the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can still be felt just about everywhere.

I will be co-leading this in the next week - please let me know your interest on dates/times!

We are going to be hosting our mom group virtually! DM with your interest in joining and preference on days/times! 👇👇👇

Take it easy today, mamas. Celebrate you and the load you carry, may it seem lighter and blessed with love.

Anyone else feeling this way?

With increased screen time while we are all staying home and trying to stay connected to friends, family, school and work can also be causing us damage we aren't immediately noticing. Try and structure out how much time you're spending on a screen. Adjust the blue light settings on your devices! Fall asleep with a book instead of a tv. Pay attention to changes you are seeing in your child's behaviors as this screen time increases, get outside, play a board game, think outside the "blue light" :)

https://www.mhanational.org/blog/how-blue-light-affects-mental-health

How Blue Light Affects Mental Health And while there is endless information about the way diet and exercise affect our mental health, scientists are only beginning to understand the role of electronic light in development of mood disorders.

As the stay at home order extends, it is likely that I will be seeing clients through telehealth until at least June as we will be staggering appointments coming back to the office.

Telehealth is not the most comfortable platform for therapy, but know I'm in it with you and we will make it work!

Thanks for sticking it out with me :)