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anxiety relief by accepting worried feelings and thoughts 4
  This post comes to us from therapist and best-selling author, Jodi Aman! Read more about her work below.   Living in fear is a painful, lonely way to exist. People say our suffering is a choice. They are smart people, but this doesn’t feel right to the little girl inside […]

Is Anxiety a Choice?

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sometimes it's less about strength and more about taking care of ourselves
I am a big believer in the power to change one’s life (I mean, I’m a therapist, so duh.) I always think that with some effort, virtually any difficult circumstance can be improved, even if all we have changed is our orientation to the problem. That said, I am not […]

How to Not Be Okay

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Marriage advice: Four Key Skills To Use When Solving Problems
I’ve been thinking about the importance of language in relationships. Because, as a therapist, and a wife, and a writer, this is sort of thing that I contemplate on my commute home from work. But I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the language we use with those we care […]

Four Key Skills To Use When Solving Problems With Your ...

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I'm Anxious But Im Yours
  Lately, I have seen several articles about what to do for a loved one who is struggling with anxiety and other mental health disorders. Obviously, the emergence of these articles is a great thing, as it is important for persons who are dealing with chronic mental health issues to […]

I’m Anxious, But I’m Yours

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parenting teens 1
Parenting teens and adolescents is hard. Sometimes parents find themselves wondering if it an alien has replaced their once sweet kid with a moody, irritable impostor.  It’s debatable as to whether being an adolescent or parenting one is more difficult, but either way it’s the not the easiest time in […]

Who Are You and What Have You Done with My ...

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Maybe Social Media Isn't the Problem
  One of the complaints we hear frequently about social media is that seeing the edited versions of other people’s lives negatively impacts our view of our own lives. People we follow online choose which parts of themselves they want to share, and leave out pieces of the story. So […]

It’s Not Facebook, It’s Us

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Grace Not Forgiveness 2
  For some time now, I have been turning over the question of forgiveness, and in particular, what it means to forgive your partner within marriage.  Forgiveness is often touted as the answer to making a relationship work.  We see these messages in social media and the larger culture all […]

Grace, Not Forgiveness

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Stop "Should-ing" on Yourself
  Sometimes it seems that we are at war with our feelings.  We tell ourselves not to be sad, upset, or hurt. We say that we should feel grateful, or be more positive. Constantly, we focus on what we should and should not feel, what we’re allowed, as if feelings […]

Stop “Should-ing” on Yourself

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The Unexpected Gifts of Marriage
  Marriage is so hard.  You hear this on talk shows, on the internet, from elders—pretty much everywhere.  I won’t lie—I’m a married person, and I’ve said this.  And marriage is hard…sort of…but not really. Anyway, that’s for a different post. What we hear far less about are the gifts […]

The Unexpected Gifts of Marriage

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Wounded Families: There is a Better Way to Divorce
Guest Post by Rona Hitlin-Mason, LPC   The Washington Post had an article about Prince Harry’s trip to the US to promote the Invictus Games for wounded warriors. The article noted that when the Prince returned from Afghanistan with wounded soldiers he dedicated himself to helping them “lead healthy and […]

Wounded Families – There Is a Better Way to Divorce

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Marriage Interrupted
  One of the topics that we touch on in the Marriage is Not That Hard episode is the problem of being attracted to other people while married, and how this impacts infidelity. Firstly, everyone feels attracted to other people.  Some folks seem to think that if you love your spouse […]

Marriage Interrupted

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