I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers (Dr. Harper Therapy, #3)

by Dr. Harper

the first key is nonjudgmental self-awareness. Like, we can’t do any of the other keys until we’re aware of our thought patterns — both positive and negative.

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key?” he asked. “Oh!” I let out a nervous breath. “Fear friendship.” He raised his eyebrows. “What?” “So a lot of people think fear is bad,” I said, trying to forget about the kiss. “But I don’t think fear is our enemy. Usually it just wants to protect us from getting hurt. Once we see that, we realize that fear is a friend, looking out for us. And that doesn’t mean we have to listen to it all the time, but we also don’t have to avoid it! Then everything relaxes a little bit.”

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the third key?” “Oh!” I felt my whole body light up. I couldn’t believe he remembered. “It’s uhh… It’s exploring the past.” He raised his eyebrows. “In what way?” “Well,” I said. “I don’t like to blame parents for stuff, but I think our childhood can help us understand a lot more about ourselves!

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next key.” “Wow, okay!” I said. “You’ll like this one — you already do it all the time. It’s fighting against injustice. When we work on improving ourselves, I just think it’s really important that we stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.”

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fifth key is faith!” Doc raised his eyebrows. “You’re spiritual?” “Sort of,” I said. “It doesn’t have to be a specific religion or anything. Could be God, angels, the universe, divine energy, or even human connection. Just something bigger than us. Then we can get out of our heads and stop trying to control everything.”

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sixth key!” “Really?” said Doc. “What’s that?” I kissed him again and then looked into his eyes. “To do something selfless.”

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