How do you maintain your work/life balance? Maybe you had a terrible day, and you decide going for a run or a walk would help clear your head and de-stress more than doing the laundry. don't make yourself feel guilty for this.

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

"Suicide. The word suicide catches people’s attention. The truth is that suicide catches everyone’s attention. It’s the actions that lead up to suicide that often go unnoticed." - Allison kidd

Sue Johnson, founder of Emotion Focused Couple Therapy, describes the need to be Accessible, Responsive, and Engaged (A.R.E) in loving relationships.

We all know the feeling that our furry friends bring us when we come home to them: they rush to the door, smother us in kisses, and suddenly any bad thing that happened in our day is gone simply by their incomparable presence.

For years, my mom has confidently said to me, “Make it a great day!”--meaning I have control of how my day goes. 

“You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.” 
― Lisa Kleypas, Love in the Afternoon

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.

In my work with partners in marriage and couple's counseling I hear a lot of talk about people "playing games" or trying to "get the upper hand" in relationships.

You probably have seen the reaction of a dog when its owner comes home, if not experienced it yourself.

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

“Be proactive not reactive, for an apparently insignificant issue ignored today can spawn tomorrow's catastrophe.” ― Ken Poirot

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

Take a minute to remember your childhood. Think about the way you learned about success, about your purpose, or about your place in the world.

“That’s life: starting over, one breath at a time.” – Sharon Salzberg

In order to maintain both your mental and emotional health, it is important to stay in touch with your own needs and feelings.

“maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you’ll wake up one day and realize you’re living the kind of life you used to be jealous” - Jen SinCERO

It can be a scary thing to start something new in our lives. Even when we aren't happy with how things are going, the fear of failure or of the unknown can keep us stuck in place.