Emotional Expression as a Natural Anti-Depressant

Posted May 14

First let me start by saying that anti-depressants have their place. I believe they are a modern miracle and when people with chemical imbalances can experience mood stability, the improved quality of life is immeasurable. However, if you are someone who has been blocked from emotional express...

Faith in the Goodness of Life as the Antidote to Uncertainty

Posted Apr 8

In times of uncertainty, many of us have a tendency to fear the worst. If threat or harm is one possible outcome (out of many many possibilities), a part of our brain will be drawn towards that worst possible outcome, and start believing in its certainty and obsessively planning for it. This can be ...

Why It's Not Helpful to Take on the Issues of Others

Posted May 9, 2019

In any system or family unit where there is unhealed wounds in the parents, there will be a seeking out of a figure in the family to take on the healing work of the collective. This usually falls in the lap of a family member who has a strong feminine energy—the one who is the most calm, the m...

The One Common Thread Underlying all Thriving Relationships

Posted March 19, 2019

In all the relationships that I have witnessed crumble, dissolve or implode, there is at least one common thread: There was not at least one partner in the relationship that took a stand for how the connection FEELS. In all intimate relationships, there is a dance that goes on—find...

How Much of a Role Does the Past Play in our Relationships?

Posted March 9, 2019

Far too many times in my practice, I have heard the phrase: "But that was in the past… there's no point going there—I'm over that". The truth is, our past plays an enormous role in the beliefs or "schemas" we have developed about love, closeness, intimacy, conflict, powe...