Hopefully this finds you well as we all work hard to navigate this unprecedented time. Many of you are working from home, have kids home, and are finding that you have more together time than you ever imagined! Hopefully you are finding this a time…
Counseling in the Time of a Pandemic The world has changed drastically in the past few days. For many of us the changes have caused anxiety, or made any underlying anxiety worse. Stress and anxiety may also be rearing its head in your marriage or…
Reconnect, heal, love Last week I posted on journaling for Lent. In that post I discussed that journaling helps us get to know ourselves better, which is necessary for growth on the natural level, and for growth in the interior life. This post can be…
Hello Dear Readers, Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. For Catholic Christians, and some Protestant Christians too, this is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Often you hear Catholics talking about giving up chocolate, desserts, alcohol, or some other similar pleasure. Some…
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy Anyway? I wanted to post something fairly brief on Emotionally Focused Therapy, a beautiful therapy that gets to the heart of the matter. There are a wide variety of therapies available today. Many of these are solid, good therapies but…
Slowing Down I have been reflecting on slowing down a great deal in the last few months. Sometimes life throws things at us to force a slowdown. A loss can slow us down, grieving takes time. Job loss, job change, the birth of a child,…