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4 Life Lessons I’m Teaching Our Son After 20 years as a Therapist
After 20 years as a therapist observing the challenges, my male clients have experienced in their relationships, it opens up some unique conversations to have with our teenage son. #1 Your emotions are not signs of weakness Expressing your feelings leads you toward a...
How to Live 10 Years Longer
Couples who learn the skills of 'arguing well' not only reduce conflict in their homes but can also live 10 years longer than couples who don’t. We can achieve this by understanding what the argument is truly about and how we can end that repetitive argument for good....
A Year and a Day: Divorce Without Destruction- Healthy co-parenting strategies for divorced parents
I'm excited to share this brand new interview I had with @jaimehdavisattorney on her brilliant podcast "A Year and a Day: Divorce without Destruction." We discussed healthy co-parenting strategies for divorced parents. If you're struggling with any of these...
Your Past Comes Alive in Your Present
The latest epigenetic research tells us that we inherit a family imprint. With new discoveries in epigenetics now making headlines, many of us are wondering how this may be influencing our own lives. We receive our lives from our parents along with our love imprint,...
When Your Relationship ‘feels like home’ Even Though Home Hurts
We all know that ‘click’ when we connect with that special someone, our heart races, we lean into whatever they are saying, we can’t wait to see them again. Attraction in adulthood is the activation of our earliest attachment patterns. It’s like our body saying...
Stillness Quote
"Whenever a flow of consciousness moves up from the depths of stillness, great transformation can occur with dramatic speed." Have you been seeking a way to find more stillness in your life? Are there aspects of your relationship or in your life that are in need of...
Understand Your Love Blueprint
Did you know that the quality of your parents and grandparent's marriages creates your subconscious beliefs and relationship patterns and directly impact the quality of your relationships today? Understanding your “Love Blueprint,” how you are wired to love, who you...
Power, Money & Intergenerational Trauma
The Murdaugh family, an influential family in South Carolina, whose son, father, grandfather and great-grandfather all served as the top prosecutors across the state. This tragedy highlights the intergenerational dynamic within families that can be amplified by those...
The Co-Parenting Method that is Reconnecting Parents with Withdrawn Kids
After your divorce, you can be feeling unsettled one day and a bit more yourself the next. Your family landscape looks completely different. You are still finding your ground again, emotionally, financially and mentally. On top of it all, you're not sure how to...
Why All My Relationships End Up Feeling the Same: Epigenetics Has The Answer
Your most challenging relationship right now holds secret meaning for what you need to see, but can't. Let me share with you what’s going on behind the scenes. Why you may say to yourself – “I’ve always been let down in my relationships, I guess this is how it will...
Therapists: 3 Tips for When You Are More Like A Referee Than A Therapist
Working with couples is more challenging than coaching individuals. Couples can get very complicated very quickly. Especially when the fight that has been brewing - sometimes for years - breaks out during your session. Having worked with a wide-range of clients, all...
Does your past influence how you show up in a relationship? Podcast Interview
How does your past influence how you show up for yourself, relate to others, and engage in a relationship? In my new interview with Lucille Shackleton (@centredselftherapy) on her Relationship Realities Podcast, we examine these questions. Lucille is a brilliant...
The Impact of Family Imprints & How to Set Boundaries
Listen to the full podcast episode here
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt could get back together …. if only they understood this one thing
Whenever Jenn & Brad are photographed together, rumors fly that they may be getting back together. It seems like of all the Hollywood couples, fans are holding out for them to reunite. While married to Jenn, Brad Pitt did fall for Angelina Jolie during the filming...
Setting Boundaries That Stick and Rebuilding Your Life After Divorce
The Midlife Makeover Show https://youtu.be/95cGq9-kZbw?t=332 The Nuggets of Midlife Wisdom from today’s show: You can only change yourself. You must go within and ask yourself, “how am I showing up?” The person we pick in life can be the difference of a...
It was great to be a guest on The Love Fix podcast, with Sherry and Carla, they start the show talking about Khloe Kardashian and her continued relationship with Tristan Thompson, along with what we can take away from their patterns. My interview begins at the 10 min...
Quenching the Need for Love with Coca~Cola
As our session began, Gloria shared “I’ve been drinking 3 - 5 Coke’s since my teens … so I guess I’m coming close to 30 years now. I stopped for awhile, I don’t think my stomach could take anymore. When the habit took hold again, I decided Diet Coke could be a better...
Dethroning Your Inner Critic Podcast – A discussion about how our family of origin influences our reaction to stress
In this great podcast interview on Dethroning Your Inner Critic we discuss how family history affects our reaction to stress. We discuss how to care for yourself most effectively while we are all going through the unknown. Very poignant conversation during this time....
The 3 Invisible Forces Affecting Your Business and Relationships
In the episode you’ll hear: 🌟The scientific study of epigenetics and how your DNA affects you beyond your visible traits 🌟Your Ancestral Alarm Clock and its influences on the decisions we make in business, our earning capacity and/or our relationships 🌟Which aspects...
How Much Happy Is in Your Holidays ?
~Happy Holidays~ Each year, around this time, many of my clients express to me their uneasiness about the holiday season. Many enter the season holding sadness about a missing family member, pain about unresolved relationships, and uncertainty about what to do to...
Do You Give Too Much?
What if you had insights into your earliest experiences in life, to give you clues for why you need what you do in your relationships? What the body remembers leaves clues for the challenges we face today. Lauren came into my office wanting to explore what had...
Our Love Imprint
As I turn on my computer to log in for the first session with Leanne and Chris, before anyone says a word, I notice right away how tight her mouth is and sad her eyes are. I notice Chris settles uncomfortably into his chair, it was clear to see how unsure he felt...
The Secrets of Fertility Over 35
She sat down in my office as if the weight of the world was on her shoulders. In a quiet tone of voice, she began our session “we’ve been trying for almost 6 years now. I don’t know how much I’ve got left to keep going. Our marriage is strained, our financial...