The grief doesn’t end, because the love doesn’t end. –David Kessler I recently finished the book “Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief” by grief expert David Kessler. It’s a continuation of the five stages of grief, the Kubler-Ross model, which includes denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Also, please remember that the grief process […]

A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. -Lysa Terkeurst I’ve been seeing a lot more emotional flooding in my counseling private practice in Flower Mound, Texas lately. The global pandemic is playing a big part of this, especially when it comes […]

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. -Audre Lorde Compassion fatigue has been showing up a lot lately on the news and on social media as a result of COVID-19. Have you seen this showing up in your life too? I know […]

There are still days when I wake up feeling like a fraud, not sure I should be where I am. – Sheryl Sandberg Imposter syndrome, oh how I dislike you! When it shows up in our lives, it often comes with so much dread and shame too. So, what exactly is imposter syndrome? It’s not […]

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. -Desmond Tutu Wow is there a lot going on right now- in the world, across the US, in our home state of Texas, locally in Flower Mound, and at home as well. The two biggest stressors right now seem to […]