#TherapyThursday

Been thinking about getting some counseling (therapy)? Finding a counselor that you fit with can be hard but so worth it. You want to be able to trust that person since they will be hearing your heart - things that maybe you have never said out loud before. It will end up being one of the most important relationships you might ever have.

A good therapist is accurately described by this statement:

A good therapist will value your journey and process and count it sacred. It might take you a few tries to find a counselor that works for you and your needs - keep looking, don't give up. Get recommendations from people in your life, from your primary Doctor, from your gut instinct. I've been really fortunate to meet with some great counselors in my journey. I haven't stuck with the same one for various reasons but each one has been really helpful in my healing process. I'm not always in therapy, I go in seasons. And it's because our healing happens in seasons. Some seasons we are ready to address something, and others seasons we aren't there yet. Sometimes we aren't aware of what *stuff* is in us to be looked at and in its own season it will come to the surface. It's all okay, it's all good. Find someone to help you through it all.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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