Positive affirmations, when used frequently, can be a game changer to up-leveling your sense of self.

Already failed at your New Year’s Resolution? You’re not alone.

As the new year quickly approaches, I am beginning to reflect on my past year and set new intentions for 2020.

“Well things in my life are pretty bad right now, but others have it way worse, so I shouldn’t be too upset about it.” Sound familiar?

We’ve all been there. Feeling as if you are being pulled in 20 different relational directions while juggling five sticky life circumstances all the while trying to appear as if you don’t have a care in the world.

In the last blog we discussed how to determine if/when it’s necessary to cut off your toxic family members. I want to be sure that it is clear that there are certain circumstances when it might be necessary to call it quits for good.

At some point in your life, if you haven’t already, you’ll probably find yourself in a relationship. If you’re lucky, your relationship will positively challenge you, support you, and encourage you – it’s the type of relationship we all strive to have!

A major part of my work is reducing the self-criticism and self-blame clients hear when they don’t reach their goals.

Positive affirmations, love them or hate them?

​In these Practice What I Teach post, my intention is to take the most frequent tools I provide my clients and put them into practice. In this edition we are talking about self-care.

There is one thing, one desire, which I have found most dominant while on the front lines of learning about others’ hearts…while on the front line of learning about my own heart.

As people are more aware of mental health and the importance of self-care, I see more and more people mentioning that they no longer communicate with most of their family members.

Navigating our relationships, whether they be family, friends, or others, can be incredibly tricky.

When we are overwhelmed, anxious, depressed (or all the above), it can be nearly impossible to do the things we know are good for us.

The thought of therapy can come with many fears, questions, and doubts. For many years, therapy has been easily accessible by those with a higher income.

As you get older, it seems as though the world has a funny way of getting smaller.

Most of us know at least one person who has had someone important to them pass in the last year.

Have you ever been in a situation where you wished you would disappear into thin air? Or have the ground open from underneath you, and swallow you out of existence?

Have you talked with your child or teen in an age-appropriate way about sex and relationships? If so, have you done it more than once? ​