Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
Cultivating Self-Compassion
Have you ever been down on yourself? Perhaps you are your own harshest critic? Have you rejected your feelings and emotions? Of course...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
Calming Your Inner Critic
We all have an inner critic, a part of our personality that temporarily appears to judge, evaluate and at times demean, although we don't...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Why Therapy Helps
The act of revealing ourselves fully to another while still being accepted for who we are is one of the most significant aspects of...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Could This Be PTSD?
Trauma is the result of overwhelm to your system. It's about fear, and your ability to cope. There's no time to think when facing a...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Nov 18, 2019
- 4 min
Emotional Rescue: Part I
Your life is enriched by emotions, they add fullness and depth to all you experience. They’re your body's instantaneous response to...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Apr 15, 2019
- 5 min
Why Grounding Matters
Grounding is the feeling of being physically and energetically connected to Earth. Our bodies are both matter and energy, and even though...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Aug 22, 2018
- 4 min
How To Heal A Broken Heart: Part II
Most everyone who has been through a breakup knows the anguish that accompanies heartbreak. The truth is few of us escape the pain, it's...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- May 10, 2018
- 4 min
How To Heal A Broken Heart: Part I
Heartbreak is universal, few of us escape it. I've certainly had my share. Years ago, after a particularly painful breakup with weeks...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Feb 12, 2018
- 4 min
Have Heart
I first realized the physical imprint trauma is capable of leaving on one's heart years ago while lying on a massage table receiving...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Nov 3, 2017
- 4 min
Who Are You; Essence
Given the many challenges this past year has bestowed upon us it is more important than ever to not loose sight of who we are at our...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Jul 10, 2017
- 4 min
Who Are You; Introspection vs Insight
My last post explored the value of self knowledge, including understanding our defenses, noting that as we look inward with curiosity we...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- May 15, 2017
- 4 min
Who Are You
There's no disputing that you are the expert on you, you know yourself better than anyone else, so who are you? Do you have a clear sense...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Feb 26, 2017
- 3 min
Loneliness vs. Solitude
As a psychotherapist I've sat with many individuals feeling overwhelmed by or fearing the state of being alone. Some are in...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Jan 19, 2017
- 5 min
Befriending Your Inner Critic
There are two things necessary to weaken the inner critics impact. We need to learn to disidentify from the critics negative messages, and t
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Nov 23, 2016
- 4 min
Intuitive Healing
One of the most dramatic shifts along my journey from complex trauma toward a more integrated and embodied sense of self came when I...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Oct 23, 2016
- 5 min
Relaxing Into Our Suffering
Life involves suffering - no one escapes it. We're born into pain, our own and that of our mothers as they deliver us into this world. A...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Sep 24, 2016
- 3 min
Calming Anxiety
When I was four years old my grandmother Alice gave me a broach that no longer fastened, it looked like an owl that could have been...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Aug 14, 2016
- 4 min
Tales We Tell Ourselves
Our uniquely human ability to make sense of and create meaning from memories defines and shapes the identities we create throughout our...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFTI
- Jul 10, 2016
- 5 min
A Change of Perception
This months post grew out of loss, the passing of a remarkable teacher, Bill Bowen, whom I had the good fortune to train with over the...
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Erika Shershun, MA, MFT
- Jun 13, 2016
- 4 min
Love the One You're With
As a therapist I've sat with many individuals who have developed a deep-rooted belief that they're not good enough, not lovable, or not...
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