Practicing self care as a family supports the relational bond and is a constructive way to model healthy and effective skills to manage future stressors.
Self-Care: Am I Just Being Selfish?
Self-care begins with taking care of your basic needs including eating, sleeping, bathing, and medical needs.
Self-care also includes activities to help you relax and de-stress. It is also maintaining relationships and finding balance between work life and personal life. Failure to attend to these needs could result in exhaustion, burnout, illness, and even possible hospitalization.
The Art of Comfort
Responding to another person’s grief can be incredibly difficult, not because we don’t care, but because we simply don’t know what to do. We can’t fix the situation, but we can be a presence that conveys care and comfort to those dealing with grief.
Values: What Direction Do You Want to Be Headed?
Boundaries help us to know what is okay or not okay for us. When we know our yeses, we are able to be more generous with them, and we are able to be honoring and respectful in our nos.
How to Be Kind and Firm as a Parent
Finding the right balance between being both kind and firm at the same time can be helpful for the parent and child.
Why THIS Therapist Sees a Therapist
My therapist holds my story and provides me a nonjudgmental space to process my own stuff. Therapy helps me to be my best self.
Stress, Self-Care & Your Kids
Practicing self care as a family supports the relational bond and is a constructive way to model healthy and effective skills to manage future stressors.
A Parenting Manifesto
Brene Brown encourages every parent to create their own parenting manifesto in their household.
Ease the Back to School Butterflies
As summer comes to an end, you may notice your kids asking more questions about going back to school. The start of a new school year may also bring on a case of butterflies about all the upcoming changes. Kids may feel worried about having a new teacher, finding friends … Read More
Gratitude is Good for Your Health
Each year before Thanksgiving dinner, my family has a tradition of going around the table and sharing one thing we’ve been grateful for in the past year. What strikes me every year is that the things that are shared, year after year, have to do with support, love, connection, faith, … Read More
