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Co-Parenting Peacefully

Parenting is a complex challenge. It can be hard to navigate school schedules, daily activities, providing healthy meals, help with...

Nikki Larsen

Adult Counseling

A Story of Resilience

A fun fact about me is that I am an avid reader. In almost every book I pick up, there is a consistent basic plotline: the protagonist...

Rebekah McKinney

Why Connection is Vital to Kids AND Parents

Parenting is hard. Exhausting. Confusing. Exasperating. Lonely. Even with all those adjectives, that’s an incredible understatement. I...

Why Connection is Vital to Kids AND Parents

Savannah Citron

Adult Counseling

A Little About Me (And A Little About Attachment Theory)

I should be able to do it by myself Relationships aren’t worth it. What’s wrong with me? Why bother? If you’re anything like me, you’ve...

Barbara Johns

Parenting

Making the switch from traditional to conscious parenting

Making the switch from traditional parenting to conscious or positive parenting is a transformative experience for both parents and...

Making the switch from traditional to conscious parenting

Barbara Johns

The Importance of Teaching Children About Emotions

Our society focuses so much on behaviors that feelings tend to be mostly neglected. Think of all of the things you’ve talked to your...

The Importance of Teaching Children About Emotions

Your kids are having a hard time, not giving you a hard time

Have you ever heard someone say “My child is giving me such a hard time”? Or even better, has one of your own parents ever told you that...

Your kids are having a hard time, not giving you a hard time

We Are Family

Have you ever heard of inherited family trauma? In his book, It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and...

Help Yourself Help Your Child: How to Bridge the Developing Brain

Have you ever found yourself wondering why you responded to a situation the way you did? Yes? Me too. I would even argue that I do it...

Help Yourself Help Your Child: How to Bridge the Developing Brain

Importance of the Family

Our families are one of the most important social institutions in our lives. Researchers have observed that in all the societies they...

New Beginnings: The Journey to Healing From Generational Trauma

By now, many of us have seen Disney’s animated movie, Encanto. For many of us, we may or may not have realized how many different mirrors...

Parenting a Chronically Ill Child

Honest Communication In order for a child to understand what is happening, it’s important to be upfront and honest about their condition...

Adult Counseling

Aging and Loneliness During the Holidays

The holidays are a time for gathering with friends and family to celebrate a special time of year. It’s a time to escape our hectic lives...

Aging and Loneliness During the Holidays

Christian Counseling

Embracing the Holidays, COVID Style

Halloween is behind us, which means we are rapidly approaching the holiday season. The season comes with so much: family gatherings,...

Christian Counseling

How to Make the Most of Your Holiday Season Despite COVID-19

Just Call It is important not underestimate the power of a well-meaning phone call. Sit down this season and generate a list of missed...

How to Make the Most of Your Holiday Season Despite COVID-19

Christian Counseling

Experiencing Information Fatigue? Creating intentional boundaries around what we look at and listen

The information we input has impacts on what we output. In this day and age of a pandemic, racial tension, an upcoming election, and even...

Mental Health

The Struggle Is Real: Navigating the Unknown as the School Year Approaches

As the mother of four young children, my husband and I have spent a lot of time lately considering our options, attempting to arrive at a...