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Control and abuse isn't always overtly threatening or aggressive. Do you recognize the warning signs?

Worrying about the future is unavoidable. Sometimes, worrying can help, but when worry becomes a persistent issue...

As therapists, we need to first learn to offer ourselves the gently, curious space to be mindful so we can better create space...

It's natural and mentally healthy to depend on each other for certain things. However, if one of you loses sight of who you are...

How often do you pick up your phone and browse social media just to fill up time? These days, social media is at our fingertips.

When I coach clients, a common block is lack of confidence and self esteem. Lack of confidence is insidious enough by itself, but a lot...

As you've probably already figured out, it’s not the smartest people who are the most successful or the most fulfilled in life.

Most of the time, when we're struggling, we really don't WANT solutions; we want to feel HEARD.⁣⁠

By exposing our most tender parts, trusting that they will be held gently we not only SHOW people how much we love them, but...

Gratitude programs your consciousness to create more of what you see in your daily experience.

One way we begin to learn about the impact of trauma on our daily functioning is to notice when our trauma brain is running the show.

Anger is the "enforcer" emotion we allow to take charge when we feel softer, more uncomfortable emotions like fear or sadness.

The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect...

“When life gives you lemons, you don’t make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard – an entire franchise! Or you could just...

"Self-doubt, fear, feelings of unworthiness, and difficulty being soft serve to keep out exactly what it is I want most in life."

When I ask clients to describe how their lives will look and feel when they've resolved whatever "problem" it is they're they're coming...

Are you getting in your own way? Most of us have a notion of the life we want to live, be it our relationships, our fitness, our...

Behavior is said to be self-sabotaging when it creates problems in daily life and interferes with long-standing goals. Are you doing it?

When we experience emotional pain, there is sometimes a societal urge to get back to normal & start moving again.

The holidays are supposed to be a wonderful time for you and your family, though sometimes the stresses leading up the holidays make it...