My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. -Maya Angelou True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.  -Helen Keller As we are still in the midst of a global pandemic, […]

Emotions are celebrated and repressed, analyzed, and medicated, adored, and ignored — but rarely, if ever, are they honored. -Karla McLaren There’s nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart. -Cynthia Hand So, I need to have knee surgery sometime in the near future for a meniscus tear that happened back […]

“Life is about being and becoming, not having, and getting.” -Stephanie Seabrook Hedgepath I recently finished an interesting book by Carol Dweck called, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” In this book, the author discussed in depth two mindset terms called: fixed mindset and growth mindset. This book definitely got me thinking about my own […]

If you judge people you have no time to love them. -Mother Teresa The topics of criticism and judgment come up all the time in my online counseling private practice based out of Flower Mound, Texas. These are also things many of us are working hard to undo (myself included). What’s great is that when […]

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. -Barbara Bush I recently finished the book, “The Secret of Happy Families” by Bruce Feiler and it got me thinking about healthy family systems. As a trained marriage and family therapist, I have a lot of education on healthy families, and insight […]