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Dear Friends, A couple of weeks ago, we learned through a series of blood tests that our baby was not meant for this earth, and would...

How we are Redeeming This Form of suffering This morning I found out my HCG did not rise as much as I’d hoped it would. It did rise. The...

It’s funny how perspective changes everything. As an entrepreneur, I can tell you that there has been some anxiety. I have cared way too...

I desperately wanted him to get a hit. Any hit. Just make contact. I even prayed. But, no hit. Strikeout. Times two. After the game as we...

Getting Off the Bus of Perfectionism Perfectionism is a bus driven by shame. It drives the two-way street toward pride or despair. For...

There’s something about sitting up in a tree that makes you feel on top of the world. I loved to climb trees when I was younger. I would...

Life is a Marathon, Not a Sprint Sometimes, as Tom Petty once sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” We as a society are a collection...

When Wrestling With Shame Means Surrendering to Love I’ve been wrestling with shame. It is a monster, both a part of me that I can’t...

Treating the Wounds of Rejection and Abandonment We are made for community. We are created for connection. Our brains release...

You are not the Sum Total of what Other People Think of You Sometimes I put my foot in my mouth. I speak before thinking or I laugh at...

Fighting the “all or Nothing” Part of Me I have an “all or nothing” part of me. When I’m undertaking a new endeavor, I either give it my...

A Reflection on Mark 1:14-20 They too were in a boat mending their nets. (Mark 1:19) We tend our nets. We go through our days, and we...

Taking Medication for Mental Illness I get a lot of questions regarding medication. The irony is that most clients initially don’t...

Curious about EMDR? You’re in the right place As a therapist, like other craftsmen, I draw from and utilize a number of tools from my...

Make This a Year of Improvement and Growth It’s that time of year again: time for New Year’s resolutions, dreaming, and seizing the day. ...

Merry Christmas! We’re taking some time off from our usual writing for Christmas. Instead, I wanted to share with you this beautiful...

A Reflection on Luke 1:26-38 This Sunday’s Gospel is the account of the Annunciation from the Gospel of Luke. This story is so powerful....

How Connecting With Your Inner Child can Bring Healing and Joy Remember what it was like being a kid? The excitement of birthdays and...

A Reflection on John 1:6-8, 19-28 “A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might...

What CodependencY Is and Why It’s a Problem U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once commented that he knows obscenity “when I see...