What If Today Were Your Last Day?
Encounters with death and mortality change you. Things that once seemed so monumental in this life suddenly seem so trivial. Death has a...
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Kristi Godwin, LMFT
Kristi Godwin Therapy Services, LLC
Kristi Godwin
- Aug 18
- 6 min
It Ends With Us: The Importance of Breaking Generational Cycles
Last night I was able to view the movie, “It Ends With Us” with my daughter. WOW. There is so much to say about this movie (more posts...
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Kristi Godwin
- Feb 27
- 4 min
What is Love?
What is love? Is love positive affection for another? Is love physical attraction? Is love wanting to spend every waking moment with...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jan 14
- 6 min
Remembering Marlee: The Therapeutic Benefits of Having Pets
This post may be a little personal, but my ultimate goal is to highlight the benefits of having furry friends. In order to honor my...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jan 1
- 4 min
New Year, New Dreams!
Long before I knew anything about quantum physics or my two favorite laws (Law of Attraction and The Butterfly Effect), I was using...
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Kristi Godwin
- Dec 19, 2023
- 4 min
A Christmas Gift
If I may have your permission to wax counter-cultural for a moment.....I have a simple question. What does Christmas mean to you? When I...
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Kristi Godwin
- Nov 22, 2023
- 3 min
Thanksgiving
Every November, I think of Thanksgiving. I don’t mean the American Holiday—where families gather with their famous delicious dishes and...
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Kristi Godwin
- Oct 30, 2023
- 4 min
How are you today? No...how are you, really?
Have you ever been asked "How are you?" and answered "Fine" before you even realized it? When in actuality, you were far from "fine"?...
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Kristi Godwin
- Sep 2, 2023
- 3 min
Look for the Helpers
Over the last few days life has seemed somewhat surreal. We have been cut off from the world in many ways—no power, no internet, no...
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Kristi Godwin
- Aug 22, 2023
- 1 min
Tips from a Therapist
We all have difficulties and stressors in life, and our ability to self-regulate in stress is even more difficult when we have a history...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jul 23, 2023
- 3 min
"Treat Yourself Like Someone You Love"
The biggest myth I think I have heard about self-care is that it is inherently selfish. This creates a reluctance to do things for...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jul 21, 2023
- 3 min
The Secret Ingredient to a Joy-Filled Life: Gratitude
If there is one thing that you can DO, or one attitude you can choose to intentionally adopt, that has the power to radically change you...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jun 8, 2023
- 3 min
A Therapeutic Companion
As a therapist, I have been searching for a way for my clients to track their mood and journal on their surrounding triggers for years. I...
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Kristi Godwin
- Jun 3, 2023
- 5 min
PTSD Awareness Month
June is National PTSD Awareness Month. In honor of this, in this post I will discuss PTSD and trauma in more depth. It is more common...
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Kristi Godwin
- May 26, 2023
- 5 min
Memorial Day
The topic on my heart for this Memorial Day weekend is grief. Grief is a tangible, clinging pain that everyone is touched by and must...
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Kristi Godwin
- Apr 16, 2023
- 2 min
A Therapist's Basic Guide to Working With Children and Adolescents
This book was on my to-do list for quite a few years. I was always too busy working with children first-hand and raising my own to sit...
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Kristi Godwin
- Mar 16, 2023
- 3 min
How did I get started?
I often get asked the question, "Why did you become a therapist, how did you get started?" I rarely reflect on this question, but...
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Kristi Godwin
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
Thanksgiving
Every November, I think of Thanksgiving. I don’t mean the American Holiday—where families gather with their famous delicious dishes and...
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Kristi Godwin
- Oct 8, 2022
- 3 min
Grieving in Silence
One of the most common struggles I have seen present in therapy over the years is one that is too often swept under the rug or dismissed:...
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Kristi Godwin
- Sep 2, 2022
- 4 min
What if it gets better?
September is National Suicide Prevention month. There are countless people whose lives have been ravaged by that negatively-connotated...
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