As I have noticed with my clients, friends, family, and well, myself – holidays this year are feeling pretty complicated. Decision making about what to do and who is safe to see is just incredibly challenging and…
I am a firm believer in gratitude practices, not just for individuals and adults, but for whole families. And while I am sharing this blog the week before Thanksgiving, I think we can practice gratitude all year long.
So often, there are messages all around us that we take in unconsciously. These are messages about gender roles, what life “should” be like, perhaps what people…
What does that even mean? Let me go back a bit to the beginning of my career in the field of psychology to share more about how I learned to relate to struggle, chaos, and challenges a bit differently.
For so many parents, it is so hard to cultivate a mindset of positivity towards ourselves. Particularly for those of us who are super perfectionistic and are truly trying to…
As the pandemic has progressed and for many has been either a process of very gradual expanding of our social networks and for others, a process of opening our…
I know that might feel like a dramatic title but from what I am seeing and feeling in the world, I’m sadly not sure it is that off base or dramatic. So many of the people…
The world just seems like a tough place to be a person these days. Or at least our country does. Things are so divided and people really seem to believe that anyone not…
As I mentioned in past blogs, time has been an interesting element in my life since the pandemic began. In so many ways, time has slowed down. I should mention that prior…