Many people understandably wonder if there are differences between counseling and coaching? Absolutely. There's also a LOT of overlap! While I could chat for a hell of a lot longer than 60 seconds on this topic, I lay down some of the biggest similarities and distinctions between the two. Meet Tamara Powell Tamara Powell, LMHC is the founder of Arya Therapy Services, ...read more
One Minute Madness: Being Okay With Being Human
Today I started a "one minute madness" challenge hosted by Nikki Pebbles, social media guru and all around bad ass. The idea is to create a one minute video every day for 30 days (weekends excluded). It's harder than it sounds! Trying to squeeze so much awesome into just 60 seconds requires 2 things I'm learning: Ability to tolerate imperfection Focus on being succinct I polled ...read more
Radical Amazement and Intimate Presence
Two powerful mindset shifts to make life more fulfilling. Meet Tamara Powell: Tamara Powell, LMHC is the founder of Arya Therapy Services, a counseling and coaching practice located in Pensacola, FL that also offers services across the U.S. and internationally ONLINE. She specializes in the non-traditional both in identity work and relationship issues. With a ...read more
Integrating Spirituality & Sex in Relationships – Tamara’s Interview with The Spiritual Voice Podcast
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Pol Cousineau of The Spiritual Voice. Pol is a Shamanic Practitioner with a background in meditation, states of consciousness and business as a Certified Professional Accountant auditor (Quebec). He started The Spiritual Voice with "Ldwain" Craig Nelson Jr, a certified alchemist holding a PhD in Psycho-Spiritual Therapy. Both of these ...read more
What would I want a first-year counseling student to know?
This week I was approached by a first year master's student in the clinical mental health counseling program at Jacksonville University here in FL to do an interview regarding my experiences in this industry and my opinions on some hot topics. And I thought it might be cool to share it with you as I probably do 2-3 of these a semester. My interviewer, Ms. Lea Herbert, obtained her Bachelor ...read more
Self-esteem: from kitten to LIONESS! How to nurture positive self-worth for you and your daughter.
Self-esteem can be thought of like a lens on a camera. If we have enough of it, we have no problem seeing things around us with clarity and making decisions that feel good to us. When we don’t have enough self-esteem however, our mental and emotional lenses become distorted. We are susceptible to making poor decisions and likely blaming ourselves as a result. This can create a nasty vicious ...read more
Spiritual Abuse: when faith becomes a weapon
Spirituality & Mental Health What Freud saw as neuroses and Ellis claimed represented institutionalized irrationality, Jung and Allport viewed to be a source of meaning and stability in an uncertain world (Hackney & Sanders, 2003) - I'm talking about RELIGION. Psychological literature continues to be mixed on the issue decades later. And for good reason. As with everything, it ...read more
Ask Arya: Why relationships fail
In this episode of "Ask Arya Live," I explore the two most common reasons why most relationships fail. Believe it or not, it's actually quite simple. And it definitely has very little to do with incompatibility, at least on the surface. Reason #1 Most Relationships Fail: Couples Forget They Are Still Separate People. When people hear, "and the two shall become one," what many fail ...read more