Attachment to expectations vs. living in the now.

Sep 3, 2019 | Feelings, Spiritual

Living in the now is a phrase bantered around a lot these days. And it sounds so good because it offers the opportunity to let go of worrying and anxiety and just be present to the space, place and moment right before you. Yes it sounds good but as many will admit, it...

The Wholeness Diet

Jan 5, 2019 | Exercise, Feelings, General, Nutrition & Food, Spiritual

It’s January!  Which means the post-holiday diet-craze has started. Everyone is going to figure out which diet is right for them—the Mediterranean, the Keto diet, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig—there are lots and lots to pick from. It’s a billion dollar industry...

Happify or Wholify?

Sep 29, 2015 | Feelings

As a counselor, I think one of the greatest things I can do for my clients is to bust the myth of Happily-ever-after. We grow up hearing this story over and over again and it looks so good at the end of a fairy tale. But we should teach our kids there’s a reason its...

Not done @ 21!!!

Jul 20, 2015 | Feelings, General, Spiritual, Thinking

As another school year begins……. High school graduates are soon heading off to college and college graduates have entered the real world.  Both of these transitions represent two of the most intense times of our lives.  We are leaving a comfort zone of...

Reject or Embrace?

Sep 10, 2014 | Feelings

At a domestic violence conference, the crowd sat engrossed in the keynote speaker’s 30 year story of abuse. Not until she lay in the hospital with practically every bone in her body broken was she finally able to leave him. As she told her story, the disgust towards...