The topic on my heart for this Memorial Day weekend is grief. Grief is a tangible, clinging pain that everyone is touched by and must...

This book was on my to-do list for quite a few years. I was always too busy working with children first-hand and raising my own to sit...

I often get asked the question, "Why did you become a therapist, how did you get started?" I rarely reflect on this question, but...

Every November, I think of Thanksgiving. I don’t mean the American Holiday—where families gather with their famous delicious dishes and...

One of the most common struggles I have seen present in therapy over the years is one that is too often swept under the rug or dismissed:...

September is National Suicide Prevention month. There are countless people whose lives have been ravaged by that negatively-connotated...

What I am about to write will most likely be controversial. That has never slowed me down before…I have never been afraid to stand for...

(Excerpt of CH 4 of "Healing Beyond Trauma") When I educated myself on all of this, I reduced it down to one simple question. For me, to...

Those who know me laugh when I use the word forgiveness, because, according to them, I "harp" on the act of forgiving an awful lot. I...

A quality I have grown to have more and more respect for over the last decade is essentially anti-cultural at this point: mindfulness. If...

“’Hope’ is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul— And sings the tune Without the words— and never stops at all—" emily...

I read something a few years ago that really resonated with me. It was a quote by actor Will Smith that said, “The best things in life...

I want to talk a little today about trust. One of the most profound lessons I have learned in life is that trust is the absolute...

I’ve always been a bit of an introverted loner. Rather than being lonely when I have time to myself, alone time has always been heavenly...

I want to talk to you today about a family system that is becoming all too common. Single parent households are increasing in number in a...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of being “broken.” We inevitably get bruised and scarred in the journey of life. Our hearts get...

So… I want to share with you an idea that absolutely changed my life. I’ve always loved butterflies. They are such beautiful, ethereal...