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Emotional Health Minute: Don’t sabotage your growth.

If you are like most people, you’d prefer happiness over unhappiness.  Being human comes with challenges, failures, adversity as well as joy, peace and life Emotional Health Minute: Don't Sabotage Your Growthsatisfaction. Consider yourself a work in progress when it comes to your emotional health.

So if your intentions are good but something still isn’t working, consider the possibility you might be sabotaging your own growth.  Consider a few ways you might be doing that:

  • You aren’t living authentically. There is a lack of alignment between how you feel about yourself and how you present to the world.
  • You have unresolved baggage.  Old wounds have a way of serving as blockades to your sense of self and relationships.
  • You put too much pressure on yourself to change as quickly as possible.  You want things to be different NOW and get down on yourself easily rather than accepting that there is an ebb and flow to growth.

What you can do:

Take an honest look at yourself and ways you might inadvertently be bringing yourself down.  This also means considering that there is a reason you are sabotaging yourself.  This can get a little sticky and tricky to figure out and if you struggle to get traction, consider getting assistance.

I help people learn about what blocks their growth and how to get themselves
unstuck.

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I’ve had the pleasure of working with Lisa Kift for many years, both in previous clinics and with mutual clients. Lisa is a deeply knowledgeable and skilled therapist who brings insight, empathy, and clarity to her work. She has a strong focus on family-of-origin dynamics and how early experiences shape current relational and emotional patterns. Lisa is an active and engaged clinician—she doesn’t just sit back, but thoughtfully guides her clients through the healing process. I highly recommend working with Lisa at Marin Therapy and Counseling. She is a trusted colleague and a true asset to the field.
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I am a strong believer in therapy and have worked with many therapists for over 20 years but Lisa is by far the best. After working with Lisa for the past 5 years, she has been there for me through some of my highest highs and lowest lows. She helps me take a step back and think about situations or problems with a different lens. She has always supported a cadence that worked best for me, starting with once a week and winding down to once a month. I am so thankful to have found Lisa and would recommend her to anyone!

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