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So you just discovered your spouse is having an affair. The doctor just disclosed a diagnosis of a serious medical condition you thought...

Death and loss are inevitable. They’re the most sure things about life. For some reason, though, we can get weird around the topic of...

Struggling with mental illness can be a destructive process. We pick ourselves apart, judge ourselves, over-analyze every move we make...

Safe Sanctuary Your stories have filled the therapy room with tears, anxiety, and anger as you bravely enter into vulnerability sitting...

So, no one told you life would be this…wait. Let me restart. So, you became a mother? Perhaps while preparing for motherhood, you...

Something I work on with my clients ALL. THE. TIME. is how to identify healthy relationships. No, I don’t just mean romantic...

Reclaim Attention in Your Relationship Attention is very important to human beings. As helpless infants, we need attention from others to...

Have you ever had an “awkward” therapy experience? What was your response? Did you ghost your therapist? Did you cancel all future...

Celebrations & Holidays Being an adult child of divorce means there is no “home” to go back to during the holiday season. Typically, the...

Define your values and beliefs. Ask yourself, “what do I believe and why”? Is there a behavior I need to gain control over? What do I...

We’re all unique individuals Sometimes we forget where we came from – the tools we were (or weren’t) born with or provided while growing...

“But wait,” you say, “What if I don’t have a very dominant or aggressive personality?” No problem! The word “assertive” gets a bad rep...

First and foremost, it should be noted that forging new and healthier habits is hard. What you are attempting to cultivate in your new...

Patience: I’m not usually one for inserting definitions into my posts, but this one is important. The literal definition of patience from...

The Truth. It doesn’t immediately solve those days when the situations are truly out of your hands and everything seems to be caving in....

The end of a calendar year ushers in a sense of hope and the desire for new aspirations. As we anticipate the new year, it is typical to...

You’re not losing sleep about if all the pillows are lined up straight downstairs on the couch. You’re not worried about catching a life...

But as our lives have grown and changed, I’ve come to a realization:  How many of those things do we really HAVE to do? Because at the...

You can more easily recall the things your partner has done that upset you than the things your partner does that you appreciate. I’ve...

gjoyjoy Identify Holiday Stressors The great thing about holiday stress is that it is often predictable. We can anticipate when the...