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New Leaf Counseling article about emotional regulation in the midst of difficult circumstances.

This New Leaf Counseling article can help with understanding the different types of shame and where they come from.

This post is not about never feeling anxious again; It's about finding and restoring balance, health, and wellbeing.

As with any addiction, stressful events or a stressful environment in both the past and present can cause a person to begin a certain behavior or ingest a certain substance as a coping mechanism. Addiction starts with a faulty belief system. For a sex addict, sex becomes their most important need. For an addict, his/her sexual behaviors or acting out, reveal how they think about life and themselves. This belief system is sometimes referred to as “impaired thinking.” Impaired