There is something about this time of year that brings us back. We remember, recall, revisit. The prefix “re” carries a sense of coming around again. An autumn afternoon, a photograph, or a familiar quality of light can bring an earlier chapter close enough to feel. Sometimes, we judge this return: Why am I here
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There is wisdom in structure. Routines give shape to our days, create predictability, and help us practice what matters without having to begin from scratch each time. This is one reason routines are so valuable for children, and for adults. When we return to something consistently, whether it is brushing our teeth, exercising, writing, going
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Attention is the mind’s capacity to select. Out of everything happening within and around us, something comes into focus. What we repeatedly attend to shapes our experience of being alive; this is one reason attention matters so deeply in psychotherapy. Before we can change a pattern, we have to become aware of it. To this
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