The next key ingredient to creating a healthy balance in our lives is through identifying the Relational Nutrients we need from others. Once we can identify our own needs, we are more effective at helping others. We can give in ways that we can’t otherwise.

To be able to connect our inner experience with our body’s physical sensations, label what the blend of this is, and respond effectively is one of the most powerful skills any individual can learn, I believe. On the other hand, it may be one of the rarest and hardest skills that many of us have never learned. This is called emotional identification and expression. 

Let me first preface by stating that just because you’re in a conflict, it doesn’t mean that that relationship is bad or isn’t going to work or that you did something wrong.

You’ve seen the Instagram or Facebook memes that post what you expected something to turn out to be like (for instance, a really awesome cake you wanted to make for your kids’ birthday) versus what it actually came out to be like. Here are a few of my favorite examples:

It’s been years since our culture has taken a turn to a more individualistic one versus one focused on collectivism.

As I was sitting with my last therapy client on a long Monday, we discussed the benefit of setting boundaries within her relationships.

Imposter Syndrome is the ongoing and persistent belief that success, gifts or your lot in life is undeserved or not legitimate based on your effort or skills.

School is in session and anxiety is starting to build! Classes are becoming more difficult and teens are recognizing that homework is inevitable.

Without intense vulnerability, we cannot experience intense joy.

We hear all the time that childhood obesity is an epidemic and we’re flooded with images of children in larger bodies looking ashamed of who they are.

I’ve talked about how vulnerability is hard before and how it’s okay to show your authentic self to those you love, but let’s take a minute to talk about joy.

I’ve heard this countless times both inside and outside the therapy office: “I’m just not that empathic.”

It used to just be a place to connect with loved ones. A place to share pictures. A means of staying in touch with people.

For years, I have heard the word “goals” being spewn person to person, overhearing in conversation or through countless Instagram photos from those who are supposed to be people who influence us.

Comparison is never on the invitation list. We don't welcome it with open arms. We don't want it around. We try to limit our interaction with it as much as possible. Comparison feels like a pit in your stomach

Remember that We can decide what to do with the things that happen to us. In doing so, we use those boulders as an advantage, as a challenge to get around, instead of believing that nothing good can ever come of it and that our story is completely ruined.

This month, Resolve clinicians have focused on providing four main points in Suicide Prevention.

This post was supposed to be published on February 15, the day after Valentine’s Day. However, what I had planned to talk about in regards to this day was washed off the table when yet another mass shooting in a school took the lives of over 15 people.

"loving ourselves through the process of owning our story is the bravest thing we can ever do." - brene brown

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."