Taking Personal Responsibility (11 ways to improve to control your own life)

Do you take personal responsibility for your actions? Do you sometimes wonder what that actually means — and whether or not you’re doing enough? Taking personal responsibility has to do…

More Energy, Less Regret: Your Guide to a Sober Summer

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt We are used to people talking about Dry January or Sober October but rarely a Sober Summer. That doesn’t seem to…

27 Examples and How To Overcome Them

Sometimes, people talk about it like it’s a controllable, contagious disease. But insecurity is perfectly normal! Everyone deals with it in one form or another at various points. It comes…

What Every Parent Should Know

By Reena Sommer, Ph.D.  Parental Alienation Syndrome (P.A.S.) is a burden that a child is forced to bear when one parent fails to recognize their child’s strong need to love…

How to Stop Reactive Abuse and Disempower Your Abuser

Let’s talk about reactive abuse — or reactionary abuse.  A form of gaslighting, reactive abuse is when one person intentionally provokes another into intense, adverse reactions.  It can be emotional,…

The Trauma in Our Tissues and How I’m Setting Myself Free

“I feel like I can see with my whole body,” I said to my peer after our last session exchange. As part of my ongoing growth and development as a…

How to Set Summer Boundaries with College Kids—Without Power Struggles

If you expect your college student to find a part-time job over the summer, make that clear early on—ideally during your “Welcome Home” conversation. Rather than dictating what they must…

What Happened When I Stopped Saying Yes to Everything

“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” ~Brené Brown  I used to believe that if someone was in need and…

Not Happy In Marriage: What’s Next?

Being in denial isn’t a great place to be. You continue living your daily life even though you’re ignoring a particular issue, person, or situation. I remember “My Denial Period.”…

Take The True Color Personality Test

What’s your true colors personality?  Or, to back up a bit, which of the four colors in the true colors test — blue, green, gold, and orange — do you…