by Hillegonda Gutierrez | May 2, 2023 | Reflection, Writing
These days, writing a letter to yourself is a common pastime used to make sense of the present and peace with the past. School children are encouraged to write letters to their future selves and therapists assign self-writing to adults as a helpful method of resolving...
by Hillegonda Gutierrez | May 30, 2022 | Reflection
Has somebody ever asked you: what are the most important experiences that have shaped your life? Perhaps the topic came up during a job interview, a date, or when you were talking to one of your good friends.  Well, what would your answer be? Most of...
by Hillegonda Gutierrez | May 30, 2022 | Reflection
With the rise of COVID-19 and the emergence of the Omicron variant (yikes!), there’s no doubt that people are spending much more time at home than at any other point in recently recorded history. Unfortunately, with all of this home time, many of us have ended...
by Hillegonda Gutierrez | May 30, 2022 | Reflection, Writing
Self-reflection is the best method of healing that exists on this planet; and yet, despite this, it still goes underutilized as a method of mental upkeep. Let’s explore why this is. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind, telling yourself “There’s so much...
by Hillegonda Gutierrez | May 28, 2022 | Reflection
I think we can all agree that 2021 has been a rough year. Of course, none of us expected living through the midst of a global pandemic to be easy, but I also don’t think that anyone could have anticipated just how much COVID would completely change the way we live. We...
