This past summer I found myself in the middle of a raging storm of stress, emotional pain, loneliness and confusion. Within the span of a few short months my sister moved away, my dog died, my best friend of 18 years broke up with me, and worst of all, our child’s special needs were taking…
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If You Can’t Fix it, Feature It!
It’s intrinsic to our nature to hide our flaws and distract away from the messy parts of who were are. We build scaffolding for ourselves in which to stand so we appear bigger than we are and paint our stories up real nice so our veneered lives are easier to digest than our actual lives….
Introducing The StrongLuv Marriage Experiment
We are thrilled to finally share something that has been a labor of love for us for quite a while now. We are kicking off our new Relationship Blog, StrongLuv, with the first of three 21 day experiments in hopes of creating Stronger bonds in the relationships that matter most. Starting on Valentines Day we’ll be…
Radical Acceptance: The Missing Ingredient to Forgiveness
We constantly hear about the importance of forgiveness but don’t you think forgiveness can be confusing? What is forgiveness exactly? It seems elusive to me, like an idea I can’t quite wrap my mind around. It’s talked about so much it’s assumed we all know what it is and how it’s done. Recently I started…
Counseling is for Crazy People
I find it curious that counseling has a stigma attached to it. Couples therapy especially. Maybe it’s the fact that I aspired to be a therapist for many years or the reality that counseling has helped our family tremendously, but I can’t wrap my head around why people are so opposed to getting help for…