Red Flags 🚩 in Relationships
Protecting Your Boundaries: Red 🚩flags often signal behaviors or attitudes that may encroach upon your boundaries. Whether it's someone who consistently disrespects your time, makes inappropriate remarks, or disregards your feelings, noticing these warning signs allows you to assert your boundaries early on and maintain a healthy relationship dynamic…
Empowering Relationships: Essential Tools for Establishing Boundaries
Family dynamics can be a beautiful source of love, support, and connection. Yet, navigating these relationships often requires a delicate balance between closeness and maintaining personal boundaries…
Nurturing the Mental Load: A Compassionate Guide for Moms
Motherhood is a journey filled with love, joy, and countless rewarding moments. However, amid the laughter and hugs, there exists an invisible weight that many mothers carry—the mental load…
Navigating the Season: Managing Stress and Prioritizing Self-Care
The holiday season is a time to celebrate and connect with loved ones, but it can also be a source of stress. By recognizing the common sources of holiday stress and implementing self-care strategies, you can find balance and joy during this time of year. Remember that taking care of yourself is not selfish; it's a necessary component of making the holiday season truly special. So, be kind to yourself, prioritize self-care, and savor the moments that matter most.
When Your “Funk” is Persistent
Practicing kindness is one of the most direct routes to happiness: Research suggests that kind people tend to be more satisfied with their relationships and with their lives in general. We all have a natural capacity for kindness, but sometimes we don’t take steps to nurture and express this capacity as much as we could.
Misconceptions in Therapy
In my own practice, I see a lot of misconceptions, but especially as they relate to couples’ therapy. Today, I want to dispel a few common misconceptions of couples therapy that I see quite frequently.
What To Say If A Loved One Is Struggling With Their Mental Health
One of the best things you can do to help your loved one is to simply offer up your presence. Lending a non-judgmental ear and being a shoulder to cry can be comforting to someone who may be feeling alone, worried, or depressed. Let that person know you are there for them + available to listen. Show empathy + avoid trying to solve the problem or offering unsolicited advice.