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Courage can be a hard thing to find when you have experienced abuse, marginalization, and aggression for who you are or who you love. That is one of the things that I think is so amazing about the growth of social movements like Black Lives…

Once again, Maya Angelou’s words speak to the heart of matters. So often when we encounter a defeat, we feel that we ourselves, in our entirety are defeated. It can be hard to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and take a step back…

Who knew that Axle Rose had such insight? But he is absolutely right. Especially in this age of social media, we make a lot of assumptions about the lives of others. I hear it all the time from my clients how they think everyone else…

Quote from @peacefulmindpeacefullife. As I reflect on new beginnings, I am reflecting on changes, on the capacity we each have to change and the hope for a better tomorrow that such change brings. It is never too late to make changes, I do not believe…

For so many of the folks I work with in therapy shame is an overwhelming part of their lives, and shame is toxic to the soul. Guilt is feeling bad for something you have done whereas shame is feeling bad about who you are. When…

When you have grown up in a situation that was abusive, neglectful or chaotic you learned to survive in that environment. But once you have grown up and gotten out of that situation many of those skills will no longer serve you. And it may…