Jennifer Harbin, MS, LPC, CCH

05/12/2026

04/27/2026

"Do not wish for an easy life. Wish for the strength to endure a difficult one."
— Bruce Lee
Ease makes us weak; struggle makes us strong. Instead of asking for a lighter load, ask for a stronger back. Lee emphasizes that character is built through endurance. The goal is not to avoid hardship but to develop power to overcome.

04/20/2026

This is another helpful tool included in the 2026-2027 School Counselor Planners. There will be a total of 26 new full color "counselor tools" pages with tabs for quick reference this year.
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04/10/2026

You can be doing well and still feel like everything is going wrong.

One small mistake turns into “I always mess up”.
One comment becomes “they must think badly of me”.
One bad day feels like a disaster.

This is how the mind can trick you. It fills in gaps, focuses on the negative, and convinces you it is all true. Overthinking, anxiety and low mood often start here.

But thoughts are not facts. They are patterns - and patterns can change.

Learning to notice these thinking traps is a powerful step towards feeling calmer, more in control, and kinder to yourself.

Free COMMON THINKING TRAPS POSTER

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04/10/2026

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04/08/2026

Most people only see the surface of self-harm - the behaviour, the injuries, the fear.

But underneath, there is usually pain that has not been spoken about.

Self-harm is often a way of coping with overwhelming feelings - sadness, anxiety, anger, shame, or feeling completely numb. It is not about attention. It is about not knowing how else to deal with what is going on inside.

If we only focus on what we can see, we miss what really matters.
Children need to feel safe, heard, and understood - not judged.

Because behaviour is communication.

Free SELF-HARM ICEBERG PDF POSTER FOR CHILDREN

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04/07/2026

That "I don't feel like it" feeling is real, and you're not weak for having it. ❤️‍🩹

Your non-conscious mind generated that mood, possibly from a stress pattern that was running long before today's goals even entered the picture. A pattern your mind built. Working exactly as designed.

Here's what the research shows: your mood and your decision to act don't have to be synchronized. Your directed mind, the part that made the plan when you were clear-headed, runs on a different signal than your emotional state.

You can feel unmotivated and still move. Those two things can coexist. Each time you choose the plan anyway, that underlying pattern begins to shift.

The version of you that set the goal had good judgment. Trust them.

Do you agree or not agree? Let me know in the comments below!👇

Happy Monday!

04/04/2026