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Welcome to the Prosper Counseling Blog.

The place where we embrace the intersection of faith and mental health.

You'll find resources, strategies, and tips to support you on your path toward holistic wellness for you and your family.

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Advent of Decrescendo: A Simple, Sacred Way to Slow Down Your Mind, Strengthen Your Family, and Find Peace This Christmas

Decrescendo this Advent season by intentional creating space in to connect as a family and focus on what matters this Christmas season. Celebrate the birth of Christ, make time to sit and connect together, give your nervous system room to pause and reset.

Prosper Counseling offers faith-integrated anxiety therapy & EMDR online in Missouri & Kansas. Mental Health and Life coaching in all 50 states.

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Are You Embracing or Bracing for the Holidays?Calm Your Nervous System When the Holidays Feel Like Too Much

Are you bracing or embracing the holiday season? We discuss ways to take a parenting pause for you and your child’s nervous system regulation.

Prosper Counseling offers faith-integrated anxiety therapy & EMDR online in Missouri & Kansas. Mental Health and Life coaching in all 50 states.

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From Spiraling to Steady: 10 Tiny Practices to Calm Your Body and Create a More Peaceful Home

Are you a busy or overwhelmed mom? Learn 10 tips for a more regulated self and a peaceful home atmosphere. These small repeatable practice lower reactivity and raise the bar for emotional connection and present living.

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🌿 The Benefits of Journaling for Your Mental Health (and How to Start)

Journaling benefits your mental health! Learn how to practice this skill, prompts to get you started, and research explaining the reason why you should start implementing this useful practice for your well-being.

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Breaking the Stigma: How "Mama's Got Anxiety" Advocates for Mental Health Support in Christian Communities

This blog post reviews anxiety in Christian women and mothers. We look at a couple of books as resources to gain perspective on the difficult parts of motherhood, and normalizing the importance of prioritizing mental health as a holistic approach to our well-being and wholness.

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The 7 Types of Rest: Finding True Renewal in God’s Presence

Rest has lots of different faces. Consider other ways to incorporate rest in addition to napping or couch sitting. You can rest in your inherent worth and not have to work for the right to earn rest.

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Are You A Highly Sensitive Person? Is it a burden or gift?

Learn about the superpowers of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Harness your strengths, and learn how being a HSP is tied to your mental health.

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New Book Release: Prosper in Motherhood –Now Available on Amazon!

A new faith-based mental health book for moms! Prosper in Motherhood offers real stories of motherhood challenges and provides gentle and compassionate guidance from a mental health perspective, to help you prosper not only in your well-being but also in your motherhood journey!

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Parents of Pregnancy and Infant Loss

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness. Learn helpful strategies for finding support during the grieving and healing process. Read about how to help someone you know going through this difficult time.

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How to find the right therapist for you!

Learn helpful tips for finding a therapist! Goodness of fit is important when looking for someone to guide you in your mental health journey. You need someone you trust, feel comfortable with, and someone who understand your unique situation and circumstance.

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In the Press: Prosper Counseling Interview on Mental Health and Business Ownership

An interview with Larissa Darter, owner of Prosper Counseling. Larissa shares stories that have shaped being a business owner and how they have impacted her career as a mental health therapist. Larissa shares what Prosper Counseling is all about and the mental health services available for women and couples.

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I’m Larissa!

You’re starting your mental health journey to wellness and wholeness, an I’m honored to be your guide in the process!

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