Anahita Kia, JD, LMFT

Self-worth is the intrinsic value and sense of worthiness that an individual attributes to themselves. It involves recognizing and appreciating your own inherent value, regardless of external validation.

Your thoughts impact how you feel, and those feelings can create real, measurable changes in your body’s chemistry and ultimately your behaviors. From a therapist’s perspective, this connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors is one of the most important concepts in mental health — and it’s the core of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an evidence-based program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn that teaches mindfulness practices to help individuals manage stress, pain, and illness.