Self-Care SOS
Holidays can be wonderful and joyful! And they can be overwhelming and bring up many emotions which we may have been avoiding all year. What better time than now to engage in some primo self-care, right as the new year [...]
Vision Boards: Setting Goals and Intentions for the New Year
I just hosted my 2nd Annual Vision Board party in my house, with friends who are eager to set their life wheels in motion, and manifest big, amazing goals! Many people set goals this time of year, and I personally [...]
Don’t Wait for The Turkey: Top Tips for Showing Gratitude to Your Spouse All Year
With Thanksgiving approaching, it is easier than ever for most people to reflect on what they’re thankful for. When talking about your life partner, most of us can think of myriad ways that our spouse has made our life easier, [...]
Trick or Treat? Removing Your Relationship’s Mask before Saying “I Do”
You decide who you want to become for the night. You prepare your outfit, plan your approach and hope to end the night with a little sugar. You dream of treats, but primarily hope you don’t end up with a [...]
Carving Season: Pumpkins and “Me Time” (Strategies for Self-Care)
Here we are, smack-dab in the middle of October. There’s talk about Halloween costumes, carving pumpkins, and the upcoming holidays. With that, now is a fantastic time to carve out time for yourself and engage in self-care strategies. [Hehe] “Yeah, [...]
7 Ways to Know You’re an Awesome Mom
Being a Mom is tough work, we Moms know that. There are times we don't live up to the expectations we have for ourselves, and as a therapist, I find myself needing to let Moms know just how awesome [...]
Suffering
Recently, a fellow cancer survivor friend was asked by a publication to write a piece about an experience that she had with her journey through cancer. She agreed, always happy to spread more awareness of the challenges of this devastating, [...]
Parent Coaching
Parent coaching may seem like an odd concept, and that being a parent seems straightforward in theory. You teach your children good moral values and encourage positive behavior to excel, but life can be messy and parenting is never easy. [...]
Labeling Emotions: Why It’s a Learning Curve
Labeling emotions, what's that? One of the hardest things I teach as a counselor is how to just feel. It seems it's written in some magic rule book somewhere that feelings aren't okay. Furthermore, the words used to describe feelings are [...]
Being a Single Parent and Falling In Love Again
There are 13.7 million single parents in the US who are raising about 22 million children, based on a report released by the Census Bureau. That amounts to about 26 percent of children under 21 in America today, The Spruce [...]