“Don’t let pain define you, let it refine you.”- Tim Fargo Nobody will understand the desire to be beaten into submission daily for years. I can’t imagine wanting to show up every day, just in hopes that this day may be different. Nobody can understand the struggles that it takes to allow your child to…
“Don’t step off the road — There might be another one!” ― James McGarrity Survivor’s guilt is used as a term which explains the guilt one feels for surviving a traumatic event. Survivor’s guilt is also felt when losing a friend or a loved one to suicide. There are many questions as to “how could I prevented…
Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse. —Karl A. Menninger How Real of a Threat is Suicide? Suicide is a very real problem in America. Nearly 30,000 Americans commit suicide every year. Suicide is the second leading cause of death amongst 24-35-year-olds, and is the third leading…
Ways To Feel Good About Yourself At the end of each day, I want you to always know that you are loved. You deserve love. You deserve to have a full and rich life. I want to share ways you can engage in practices that can help you feel good about yourself. The practices overtime…
Why You May Feel Insecure or Doubtful In Your Relationship? Removing doubt and insecurity takes work and time. It is a process that requires discipline and a strong sense of generous self-love as you journey through the process. I want to encourage you to continue to give yourself kindness and self-love. Doubt and insecurity can…
Dealing with ones thoughts can be difficult , especially when these thoughts are always negative, they can at a person night and day, consuming ones life. Learning to accept them and to acknowledge them as just words and images in our head, allows us not to dwell or entertain those thoughts. Take back control
Why can it feel so difficult, uncomfortable or draining to feel stress, and what is stress and how does it happen? Stress is a byproduct of our Fight or Flight Survival system. This is triggered when our well being is threatened in some way, either a physical threat, or an unhealthy self belief, or maybe…
Ways To Manage Stress And How Counseling Can Help How do you deal with stress? What does stress do to your mind? What does stress do to your body? Are you aware of the warning signs of stress? Stress impacts each person a little bit differently than others. In some ways, we cannot…
How To Create A Healthy Family System How do you create a healthy family dynamic? Healthy families have systems and practices that they utilize which directly create and sustain the family system. If you are trying to create a healthy family system, I want to share with you a few areas that can be…
Ways To Help Your Child Increase Self-Esteem Parents come together in sharing that one of their main objectives is to raise happy and healthy kids. Part of raising a happy and healthy child is connected to teaching your child how to strengthen self-esteem. Have you ever sat down with your child to talk to…