To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. -Barbara Bush As a trained marriage and family therapist, I have a lot of education on healthy families and insight into how to help make family systems healthier if they are struggling. Making these changes within families become a reality can be […]

Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life. -Shannon L. Alder As with most people in therapy field, I feel like everyone can benefit from therapy. I’m also a big proponent of therapists leading by example and […]

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. -Mary Sarton Do you sometimes feel like you’re on an island by yourself? Like no one really understands you or your motherhood woes? Motherhood can feel very lonely and isolating at times. Know that you’re not actually on an island all alone, as […]

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 and in my own life recently. It may have to do with life having more pre-pandemic normalcy now that […]

There are still days when I wake up feeling like a fraud, not sure I should be where I am. – Sheryl Sandberg So, what exactly is imposter syndrome? It’s not feeling good enough. It’s feeling like you’re less important than other people. It’s feeling undeserving of your success or good fortune. It’s an overall […]