Parenting. It’s not for the faint of heart, especially if you have teenagers. The longer I have my own kids and the more I hear from other parents and professional sources, the more I recognize the ramifications of projecting our own anxieties and insecurities onto our children. Anxiety, depression, and several other challenges are contagious […]
Reaching Out: Finding our way out of isolation to community
It was a couple of years ago when I visited Hawaii. We visited the Volcanoes National Park and if you have never been to the big island of Hawaii, I have to tell you, it is incredible. So much of the island is covered by enormous lava beds, with smaller pockets of lush jungles and […]
Doing Hard Things in Counseling
My favorite character from The Wizard of Oz has always been the cowardly lion. In the movie version, it is so great to watch the scene where he envisions himself as king of the forest, with the strength and power he attributes to that role. What he fails to see throughout the story is that […]
Doing Hard Things
I have been recently been thinking about how easy it is to get stuck or intimidated by big or difficult tasks in our lives. Whether physical, emotional, or intellectual, people often are overwhelmed by hard things. Once able to get past a stuck point, the feeling of accomplishment and ability to do it faster the […]