There’s great power in words. I share this principle with my clients all the time. Take a minute and notice how your emotional response changes between these two sentences: I want to have 15 minutes of quiet I need to have 15 minutes of quiet.…
“Is it even possible to achieve balance?” bemoaned a client of mine a few months ago. She was running herself ragged trying to juggle about 15 plates at once. She’d hit a wall and wasn’t even sure where to go from here. She was exhausted,…
Our world is stressful. Anyone disagree with that? So want to know how to relieve stress? It’s easy to find yourself tied up in knots over just about anything if you’re not careful. It takes a conscious decision to shield yourself from the chaos that…
Ever assumed someone’s mad or going to be mad at you? C’mon – we both know you have. How can I say that with certainty? Because ALL of us do that! It’s human nature. We want our interactions to go smoothly with others. But life’s…
This month I’ve been doing some teaching on dealing with difficult people. We all know them. They’re the people we go out of our way to avoid. It’s the loud mouth, know it all in the neighborhood, the irate customer in the checkout line, or…
Prepare and Enrich is an online marriage assessment tool I use to get the big picture for each couple I work with in couples counseling. This marriage assessment tool has been heavily researched and gives me a wealth of information. Just a few of those…