Health + Wellness

Connecting Empathically (Even When It’s Hard…)

Empathy strengthens relationships, even in the most challenging dynamics. Here’s how to protect your compassion without losing yourself.It is one of the best parts of my job.Not showing empathy, but learning about yours. So much of therapy is about learning, practicing, and connecting empathically- understanding what that means and how it shows up in relationships.Where Connecting Empathically BeginsWhen we talk about connecting empathically, we’re really describing how empathy builds from...

Health + Wellness

Connecting with Attunement

Connecting with AttunementREady for REsolutions, REfocus, REset, REgulation, RElationships, and REsilienceAttunement means being deeply responsive and aligned to another person or to yourself – noticing cues, understanding them accurately, and adjusting your response in a way that matches what is needed in the moment.  This word came to me as I thought about all the GenZers who are seeking therapy sooner than “we” (older than GenZ) did.  But more on this awesome generation in a minute…...

Finance + Legal Services

Sarah Reusché: Rooted in Community

Civil Litigator, Community Advocate & Quiet Force for Good Article by Cat Rolfes On paper, Sarah Reusché is everything you’d expect of a rising civil litigator: sharp, articulate, relentlessly prepared. In person, what surfaces first isn’t intensity but empathy. “The best way to be a professional is by being a person first,” she says. “You get to know people, you build trust, and everything flows from there.” At Lavelle Law, Reusché practices civil and commercial litigation and works within...

Arts + Culture

Enemy in Your Pocket

Lit & Local: Indie and local books that are bound to inspire. Article and Photography by Cat Rolfes On one of the coldest afternoons in December, Chicago native Jackson Antonow stood in the wind, hands tucked into his coat pockets, talking about the book he never planned to write. “ Enemy in Your Pocket: How Using Your Phone Less Will Change Your Life and How to Do It,” currently for sale on Amazon, did not begin with a revelation or a manifesto. It began with a feeling he could no longer...