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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...

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. ...

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

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...

A reflection on Mark 13:33-37 First Sunday of Advent “Be watchful! Be Alert! You do not know when the time will come.” (Mark 13:33)...

Leaning in to Hard Seasons Advent is starting soon and for most people this is a time to prepare for Christmas. Oftentimes, this means...

We all need Companions on the Journey For most of my journey, I have been fine going it on my own. I embraced the rugged, American ideal...

Finding Freedom by Embracing Uncertainty Does life feel overwhelming? Are things spinning out of control? It wouldn’t be too surprising....

How Negative Emotions can be Used for Good I used to joke with my wife about a great idea for a self-help program. After the year we’ve...

The Power of the Spoken Word in Healing and Relationships People love to talk. They will talk to their friends, themselves, their pets...

What it Means to be a Highly Sensitive Person It finally makes sense! I figured it out. I’m a highly sensitive person. Yes, that’s a...

Doing God’s Will by Becoming More Truly Myself Sometimes, I’m afraid to pray. I’m not really afraid of God like a kid who thinks of Him...

How Mindset can impact our relationships How does mindset impact relationships? More than you realize. Having a fixed mindset can...

The importance of Mindset in living Life to the Full The mind is amazing. Its ability to create, imagine, and learn is awe-inspiring. ...

How Meaning Can Enrich Our Lives I recently reread Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. I first read the book when I was in a time...