Religious

Relationships are never easy, especially relationships with family. Some people seem to always push our buttons, making it hard not to react emotionally. Others trigger our deepest wounds, leaving us questioning our worth or sanity. And sometimes, without even realizing it, we’re the ones creating unnecessary conflict and drama. We take things personally that aren’t […]

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” ~Carl Jung My two-year-old son looked up at me with his big, blue, beautiful eyes. He wanted me to play. I took a toy car in my hand and rolled it along the wooden living room floor we were both sitting

“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” ~Maya Angelou My newest friend ended our three-month-long friendship on a July day when I’d just returned from a dreadful summer vacation. Her Dear Jane email read, “It’s not you, it’s me.” The lever had been pulled, I was dumped, and I thought, “Ha!”

“Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you picked up while enduring trauma. Forgive yourself for being who you needed to be.” ~Audrey Kitching The key to healing is learning to let go

“There’s no such thing as a ‘bad kid’—just angry, hurt, tired, scared, confused, impulsive ones expressing their feelings and needs the only way they know how. We owe it to every single one of them to always remember that.” ~Dr. Jessica Stephens  All children look up to their parents from the moment they enter this

Hi friends! I imagine many of you, like me, are still finishing up your holiday shopping, and what better present to give someone than the gift of insight, peace, joy, and healing? The seven books below are some of my recent favorites, and I’m sure they’d be a wonderful addition to your loved ones’ libraries—or

We are truly free when we let go of the hope that the past could or should have been any different than it was. This is so hard. The challenge is born from our desperate need to validate our feelings and experiences. It often feels like we are invalidating ourselves if we let go of

“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.” ~Lori Deschene There are four attachment styles including anxious, avoidant, anxious/avoidant, and secure. Attachment theory teaches us that the way in which we attach ourselves to our

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” ~Robert Brault I’ve always tried to distance myself from people who are rude, overly aggressive, and mean. But sometimes we become tied to people who might not have our best interests at heart. One summer I became involved with a coworker who

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou I’ve now reached the age in my life when every so often, I get an email or text informing me that someone I know has died. Some of