Relationships

I was in session this week with a wonderful client and when he sat down and we discussed our focus for the day he told me he wanted to stop being so weak. When I clarified what exactly he felt was weak about him he talked about his emotions and his anxiety. I think if… Read more

Sometimes in relationships we go through hard times. Perhaps you’re not feeling as connected as usual and finding your way back is proving more difficult than you hoped. Or maybe you find out your partner is having an affair and you aren’t sure   what your next move should be. Maybe it is something outside… Read more

John Gottman is a relationship researcher based out of Seattle Washington. You may have heard me talk about his Love Lab before in the past and the work he does with couples. Gottman has been able to predict with 94% accuracy which couples will work and which couples will divorce. One of the ways he… Read more

Sometimes in relationships we have to have the tough conversations. The ones we want to avoid or push off because not having them seems easier, in the moment, than having them. Trust me when I say I wish there was a way to have these conversations that was painless or easy. The reality is that… Read more

I was away at a training a few weekends ago where I was learning all kinds of interesting things on human beings and their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. One of the things that really stood out to me, however, was how we, unconsciously (usually), do to ourselves and our loved ones what was once done… Read more

Happy day after Valentine’s Day! I hope if you are in a relationship that you spent time connecting with your loved one in some shape or form. Valentine’s Day is a tricky one for me. Truthfully I’m not a huge Hallmark holiday kind of girl but I also believe it is a day where we… Read more

I read an article the other day by Dr. Mark Hyman, a leading physician in the US,  (you can read it here) about the importance of saying no and how we can actually do more damage to ourselves and our health long term by continuing to say yes even when we don’t want to. The… Read more

Every once in awhile an article comes around that really grabs my attention. Sometimes it’s because it is filled with new information that I didn’t know beforehand but more likely it is because it is filled with essentials that are easy to grasp and straightforward to implement. That is what happened when I started reading… Read more

As parents there are so many balls in the air that you are trying to juggle that you often don’t have time to think about much more besides just keeping them from falling. From work, to meals, to school, to extra curricular activities, health, exercise, etc etc., there often isn’t time to think about your… Read more