You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. -Brene Brown So, it’s August and I just completed my 2023 vision board. Granted, it’s been a really hectic year with an international family move, waiting four months for our household goods and five months for our car. But […]

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.  -Mignon McLaughlin Relationship crossroads seem to come up all the time in therapy sessions. Do I want to be with my partner right now, moving forward, for life, not at all? And, most of us who have been in long-term relationships […]

A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone. -Mandy Hale I’ve moved around a lot in my lifetime- a couple of times to new states in my childhood, and many times as an adult including two overseas moves. I’ve learned that loneliness is […]

I embrace my shadow self. Shadows give depth and dimension to my life. I believe in embracing my duality, in learning to let darkness and light, peacefully co-exist, as illumination. -Jaeda DeWalt I was recently listening to an audio book called Not Nice by Aziz Gazipura (great book so far!). The author was talking about […]

Nothing on earth hurts my soul deeper than conditional love. -Brooke Bida This is a big one, right? As parents, we’re often pretty good at showing unconditional love towards our kids, but towards ourselves and toward others… that tends to get way more complicated for most of us! Add in some of the contradictive feedback […]