Have you been masking your feelings? October 31, 2021 Last week I was coaching a young adult client of mine who was navigating a LOT of anxiety. I suggested she welcome her feelings of fear that was causing her anxiety and she looked at me like I was from Mars. She...
Ever have a big parenting decision to make? October 24, 2021 If you had a 17-year-old daughter who wanted to drive across 3 states for 6 hours to visit her boyfriend at college, would you let her? This was the dilemma I faced the other day with my daughter. I was...
Why you should allow yourself and your kids to be unkind October 17, 2021 When I was growing up I was conditioned to believe that being nice and kind was the only acceptable behavior. The trouble was I didn’t always FEEL nice. There was no space to be grouchy, mean,...
How are you treating yourself these days? October 10, 2021 I was coaching a parent last week who was trying to figure out how to get her teenager to be more kind around the house. Those of us with teens know how that goes. The thing is we cannot teach what we haven’t...
Feeling Is Healing October 3, 2021 I’m supposed to be writing my blog this morning. I carve out time each week just to write and today, I can’t focus on anything but the pressure in my chest and the knot in my throat. I feel like a vice has hold of my heart and all...
Do you remember what your parents taught you about HOW to handle conflict? September 26, 2021 You learned to walk and talk when you were about 1 or 2 years years old and you have not forgotten those habits, you’ve simply built on them. All your behaviors are formed at...
