The Quest For Belonging in Your Family

The Quest For Belonging in Your Family

Brené Brown’s research on belonging has provided so much wisdom.  She writes about belonging in Braving the Wilderness.  Yet her audible book, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting really got my attention when she spoke about what it means to feel like you don’t belong in...
Feeling The Feels In Big Transitions

Feeling The Feels In Big Transitions

As a recovering perfectionist who used to thrive on the persona that I could do and handle just about anything while spinning many plates at the same time, I’m now humored by people when they portray themselves as “having it all together.” I have been a part of a...
Peace Can’t Exist When Anger Persists

Peace Can’t Exist When Anger Persists

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr this week and move as a country toward the transition of leadership and power, I thought it would be important to write about the impact anger can have on an individual’s ability to find joy, peace, and contentment. One of my...
Goal Planning and Accountability Made Easy

Goal Planning and Accountability Made Easy

Today I want to share some ways to really accomplish your goals and have some accountability to yourself.  If you’re wired like me, you are probably pretty good at creating “to do lists” in your head.  In fact those lists are often so big and at the end of the day,...
Self-Validation Vs. External Validation

Self-Validation Vs. External Validation

So many of us are searching for validation in our environments.  It might be unconscious and the need for validation can sometimes be hard to recognize for clients with strong armor.  Yet our perception of self can be very skewed if we are constantly looking to...