General Relationship

There is no way out of grief. All you can do is experience it as it arises with more or less intensity. Some people refer to this as riding the

Do you set impractical standards for the way you handle situations at home, in social settings, or at work?  Do you beat yourself up when you don’t get it totally

Life is tough. Our hearts get hit, again and again. We get battered with disappointment, estrangement, abandonment, rejection, break-ups, illness, disabilities, and death. Grief is familiar to most of us.

It’s over for all the right reasons – the betrayal, loss of love, lies – it was time to call it quits. And now, your pain is overwhelming and debilitating,

I am always looking for ways to create resilience, especially for highly sensitive people. I want us to thrive in the world both as individuals and in relationships. I’ve seen

Though we know death is inevitable; somehow, we are never quite prepared for it. Whether we lose a loved one at age 16, age 60, or even older, the loss

Suffering the loss of a loved one can be difficult and quite often sadness overshadows the memory that they’ve left behind. Holding a celebration to focus on their life, instead

When you have a cold, the guy who sits next to you at work says, “Hey, you sound better.” If you recently had a baby, your neighbor smiles and asks,

We make a lot of decisions every day. Some are small, like, “do I want fruit for breakfast?”, and others are quite a bit bigger, like, “should I quit my

In 1965 I was 9 years old when my grandfather was moved to a nursing home. The massive wooden door of the old mansion-turned-institutional care facility always opened with a