Agreeing not to go to bed angry and agreeing not to wait until bedtime to discuss sensitive matters is a helpful and wise strategy, but ...

no one knew what Ally would do. It was Ally’s decision.

Just remember. Then tell someone what you remember.

November is the culmination of the Fall Season, closing out with a sumptuous meal at a glorious table surrounded by the warmth and love of a close knit family .... Wait, what was that screeching halt sound I just heard?

Regret can be a pattern, but it wants to be an opportunity. Realize this: regret is about missed opportunities. When we regret, it generally means this: an opportunity is coming; let’s not miss it this time.

When we experience anxiety, we are meant to ask ourselves, “Am I too lonely, do I have enough resources, or am I too tired?”

Just a couple of things that make being a couple hard, and reduce us to tears.

After a while, the relational marketing will pay a dividend, and you might just see yourself buying into that for which you have hoped, for such a very long time.

Jane noticed that her friend of four years seemed more than usually distracted this morning. “What’s up?” she asked.

The problem with negative willpower is that it creates a vacuum, and nothing can exist in a vacuum.

Give us patience; peace. Fill up our empty places we try to fill with the achievements of our children. Help us to shepherd, and not just guard; to care, and not simply control ....

Perhaps you are engaged in a summer of discontent that feels like the brutality of war on the inside. I invite you to persevere, to hang in there, with integrity, in the trueness of who you are and called to be. The tide may yet turn.

I guess I should send myself to my room for an attitude adjustment more often.

Just a few of the reasons I am a marriage and family therapist, working on behalf of marriage and the individuals who take up the challenge and the call.

Moving can be fun–new environment, new surroundings, new route to work ...

If you’re like me romance is often hard to figure out.

It’s March. The marvelous month of March. It’s the time of year for… for… for what?

Let us go back to forgiveness being an act of change.

Getting to the destination is about looking at the identity achieved through the choices that were made; and perhaps the sights that were seen along the way.

Relationships are messy. Enacting justice is messy. Advocating for another is messy. Being a champion can be a rather messy and painful ordeal.