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Your Inner Critic!
Coping with Corona virus

Aug 19
1 min

Change: The constant presence & your relationship with it

1. Give yourself permission to check in with your feelings at the start of the day. 2. Lean into the thoughts that arise when you check i...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 26
1 min

For folks who listen to podcasts...

Amidst a time of social distancing, here is a podcast on a non-pandemic topic that is relevant. It is by the special interest podcast gro...

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The Corona virus - a need for communal effort

Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 23
1 min

The Corona virus - a need for communal effort

The health care professionals who are at the forefront and dedicate countless hours to deal with the influx of corona virus, the resident...

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Coping styles we all may be familiar with during this time...

Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 15
1 min

Coping styles we all may be familiar with during this time...

In the wake of Corona virus, safety, support, coping, and managing our worries is paramount. I am offering tele-health services through a...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Mar 8
1 min

That self-critical voice!

Constant judgments, never being good enough, and high expectations. Sound familiar? These are some values driving that self-critical voic...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Feb 27
1 min

Mind-body connection to stress

Often times, we carry stress through shifts in our mood, appetite and sleep changes, difference in social interactions and a shift in our...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Feb 14
1 min

What is this Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine's Day is an opportunity, if you choose to, to connect with your strengths and areas of growth with awareness and self-compassio...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Feb 6
1 min

The process of therapy

Therapy is a process of discovering the whole you..with your strengths and areas of growth. This awareness then informs the direction of ...

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Dr. Lavanya Devdas

Change: The constant presence & your relationship with it

For folks who listen to podcasts...

The Corona virus - a need for communal effort

Coping styles we all may be familiar with during this time...

More on inner dialogue!!

That self-critical voice!

Mind-body connection to stress

What is this Valentine's Day!!!

The process of therapy

Contact: 267-652-0467

drdevdas@inner-refuge-counseling.page

Dr. Lavanya Devdas