A Contemplation on Death and Emotions
Developmentally speaking, contemplation of our mortality usually begins around middle age. The realization of the reality of life and...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Jun 9, 2021
- 4 min
Trauma and Falling in Love: A Personal Reflection of Why all my Intimate Relationships Look the Same
The pattern is this; one person meets another person, they both smile at each other, they both feel seen and experience a rush of...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Evolution of 12-step Groups
As the humanity of our planet continues to evolve in consciousness, there are obvious growing pains occurring within and throughout....
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Dec 7, 2020
- 4 min
Dying to Conditioned Patterns
The awakening process begins with noticing that we have patterns, automatic things we do repeatedly by some magical force otherwise known...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Addiction and Epigenetic Implications
I like to consider myself a scientist, even though my bachelor’s and Master’s in Science were both in what most scientists would call...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Jun 23, 2020
- 3 min
Addicted to Thinking
I think you can become addicted to thinking. Think about it. Wait…that’s the problem. Seriously though, have you ever stopped to think...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Searching for Love
I was a hopeless romantic. What I mean is that I don’t feel so hopeless these days. You see, I never thought that I would be single after...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Mar 21, 2020
- 3 min
The End of This World, Beginning of the New One
This is the first Saturday that I am basically self-Quarantined. My job is now completely online and I’m working from home. As a mental...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
How to Break the Cycle of Conditioning
This is an activity I designed to help my clients identify and change unhealthy behavior patterns in their lives. You will need a piece...
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Diana Ziegler, MS, LMFT
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
True Self is Dying to Live
I often come across interesting articles on Facebook…this one really caught my attention because it speaks to a phenomena that I couldn’t...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Mar 3, 2019
- 4 min
Tired of Being the Scapegoat
You know that sinking feeling you get inside when someone is not pleased with you? It used to happen to me all the time and it always...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
Internal Relationships
I want to start a discussion about internal relationships that is often overlooked but essential in creating sustainable change. So...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Jan 21, 2019
- 3 min
Healing Centered Engagement vs TIC
The Healing-Centered Engagement approach, proposed by Shawn Ginwright in his 2018 article; The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Dec 30, 2018
- 3 min
Why Comparing is Our Favorite Pastime
It’s true. Some of us are steeped in comparison our entire lives – constantly judging what we see as inferior or superior to our own...
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Diana M. Ziegler, MS, MFT
- Dec 18, 2018
- 4 min
Epigenetics - Why We Keep Repeating Patterns
Epigenetics is the study of the cellular expression of DNA. It is the scientific study of how genes are expressed in each cell and...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Nov 30, 2018
- 2 min
Why People-Pleasing and Care-taking Doesn’t Work
Did you know that personal preference, like how you want your pillow to feel, is evidence of your true self? In a study by Maglio and...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
In Defense of Defense Mechanisms
About six months ago, I had an awakening, an epiphany if you will. I had a not too pleasant encounter with an angry person and I was...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Oct 28, 2018
- 3 min
The Gift of Mantras: Rewriting Subconscious Patterns
Mantras are healing statements that, when repeated, produce a profound effect in a person’s daily life. These statements along with daily...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Mindfulness Practice in Psychotherapy
There is a difference between the original Eastern practice and the adapted Western practice of mindfulness, and although most...
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Diana M. Ziegler, LMFT
- Sep 27, 2018
- 3 min
Thoughts on Unconditional Love
What are the messages that we attach to love and call it unconditional? Is unconditional love something I can lose...or have to strive to...
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