2 Major Benefits of Journaling
The practice of journaling has a variety of benefits that can help you to heal as well as to achieve your goals. Two important goals that journaling can provide are: helping you to clarify your goals, and improving connection between the left and right side of your brain. These benefits can go a long way […]
What Calls You? 5 Tips For Finding “Who You Are”
I want to use this blog as a way to challenge male stereotypes, “man codes”, etc. and what better way to do that than to breakdown a children’s “princess” movie from a male, psychological perspective. I’m Andrew, I’m a grown man, I watched Moana and I loved every minute of it. I’ll even go beyond […]
Man-Up: 5 Tips For Becoming a More Emotionally-Engaged Father
What’s the point of being an emotionally-engaged father? Isn’t it just a lot of girly stuff? Why can’t I just be provider and disciplinarian while their mother deals with the emotions? The advantages of being an emotionally-engaged father are numerous. A feeling of deeper connection to your children. Your children feeling more deeply connected to you. Higher levels of […]
The Emotionally-Present Father
Fatherhood Today Fathers today are expected to be more emotionally involved in their kid’s lives than ever before. Yet many of us find this to be new, uncharted terrain, quite different from the fathering we experienced as children. Often the message we received was that dads provide financial support and discipline. In the emotional arena, […]
Mindfulness
What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a pretty big buzzword in therapy today but what does it really mean? Does it mean doing yoga, meditating, sitting silently in a dark room, or just stopping to smell the flowers? Mindfulness CAN include these things, yet these things also can be done without any mindfulness at all. Mindfulness means […]
Creating Boundaries in Your Relationships
Boundaries is a topic that comes up many times in my work with clients. Here is the most simple definition: boundaries are things that you are okay with and not okay with. For example, in your personal relationships, are you okay with someone saying something that hurts you? Are you okay with not having a […]
Don’t Move On Yet: Why Processing Grief is Essential
It seems pretty simple: you lose something or someone and you grieve the loss of that. But why is that process so difficult for so many people? What makes us want to completely avoid it in any way we can? Sitting with difficult feelings like sadness, loss and despair can be tough. It may feel […]
Taking the Control Back- 5 Steps in Managing Anxiety
More and more people today are noticing that they may have some anxiety and how that’s impacting their lives. I’ve gathered my top interventions for dealing with anxious symptoms and how to make sure that it no longer interferes with your life. Before we get into my tips, it helps to understand what anxiety even […]
Tell a Little Story: The positive impact that storytelling can have on your child
We’ve all been there as moms. Your child trips and falls and is crying inconsolably. You hold and comfort him and help clean up the wound. Maybe you even offer a little kiss on the boo-boo to make it feel all better. But the rest of the day your little sunshine doesn’t seem so happy. […]
Time to Set Everything Aside and Play with your Kids!
Most people can’t argue with the fact that life is busy. You have a million things to think about and do, only some of which are your career, home life, errands, taking care of responsibilities for the children and trying to get in a little time for yourself and significant other. Its a never-ending […]