May 28, 2021 | Child & Teen Counseling, Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling
You might be thinking how can one possibly consider this time in 2020 a time for gratitude and reflection. Well, allow me to remind you of just a few positive aspects of this unprecedented time in our lifetime: 1. If you are reading this, you have survived thus far....
Mar 5, 2021 | Couples & Marriage Counseling
This week I had the opportunity to wait in a long line at the emissions testing site to convince the state of Colorado that my 2014 F-150 was actually fit for the road. It passed!! While I was waiting I began thinking of all the varied “tests” and “check-ups” that we...
Feb 12, 2021 | Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
(Excerpts and thoughts on The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt) In 2014, Lukianiff & Haidt set out to understand what was happening on college campuses. However, they ended up telling a story of our strange and unsettling times;...
Sep 25, 2020 | Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
I enjoy hiking 14ers here in Colorado. I have the goal of eventually climbing all 58, although I still have a long way to go. One of the interesting things you’ll find once you get above treeline (about 11,000 feet) are rock cairns. These are human-made stacks of...
Oct 1, 2018 | Couples & Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Individual Counseling
Small things that make a big difference with self-esteem. Sit Up Straight– By sitting up straight your body takes up more space and gives you a feeling of: I’m worthy of this space (because you are). Sitting up straight also displays confidences and by adapting that...