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Befriending Slow
Slowness feels an extreme counter to our current culture where the norm adheres tightly to a life of multi-tasking, short quick deadlines, and back-to-back scheduling amidst the bombardment of lightning speed information and stimuli from the digital world. When we land in the thick of life struggles that can steer us into anxiety or depression we yearn for rapid change, a quick alleviation from our suffering and perhaps solutions outside of ourselves that can tend immediately

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Jan 153 min read


Redefining Self-Care as Self-Investment
While there has been in the last decade a constant cultural buzz on the importance of self-care and the variety of ways in which that can...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Jun 12, 20253 min read


Why Won’t My Therapist Just Tell Me What To Do?!
When feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or confused in our lives, we often wish that someone, anyone, would give us a solution for alleviating...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Inviting the Body Into Therapy
As a society we laud the analytical, strategizing, evaluating tactics of our over-thinking minds. But these attributes of our human...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Aug 17, 20233 min read


Discomfort: A Natural Part of Therapy
Anyone and everyone who seeks out and engages in therapy is looking for release from some brand of personal suffering, a way out of...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Showing Up for Online Therapy
A good portion of our lives these days has shifted from in-person interactions to online transactions including our work, school...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Apr 17, 20234 min read


Quality Online Therapy: What to Consider
Five years ago, most of us would have never imagined an appointment with our mental health therapist taking place in our own living space...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Apr 5, 20232 min read


What’s Worthy of Therapy?
Many people spend years deciding to engage in therapy mulling over whether their problems, dilemmas, and symptoms justify sitting with a...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Mar 17, 20232 min read


Tokyo Living Podcast on Trauma Therapy
Join me for 30 minutes as the host of Tokyo Living Podcast, Sam Gilbert and I discuss trauma, methods for treating complex and relational...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Mar 7, 20231 min read


Getting the Most Out of Therapy
You’ve found a therapist and you are embarking on therapy as a means to work through some hard things or gain support in finding tools...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Feb 26, 20232 min read


Finding a Therapist Feels Daunting
The thought of therapy has crossed your mind multiple times and may have even been suggested to you by a friend or loved one. Perhaps...

Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner, LMHC
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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