In light of the recent tragic events, particularly hitting close to home for my family and I, including the Cape Coral shootings that occurred last Sunday night, and one week later, the Orlando shooting which just happened this past weekend, it sparked me to want to write. When things happen;…

I will be 40 in less than a year. I would be lying if I said that I always understood the hype about turning the big 40. I remember reading blogs, posts and stories of women who wrote about their “turning 40 thoughts” and I never gave it another thought….

Can you RALLY? Rally is defined as “recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise.” When clients come into my office, many of them feel defeated in one sense or another. Whether it is the parent with the challenging toddler, or the parent of the teen who seems…

I will disappoint you. I may even disappoint you more than once. Inevitably, you will disappoint me. For me, disappointment is one of life’s most uncomfortable feelings. It’s complex and stirs up other emotions such as anger, hurt, sadness and probably many others too subtle to identify. Sometimes, the other…

I am depressed. I hate myself, I hate my parents, I hate school and nobody understands me EXCEPT for my friends! This is the common language and sentiments of many teenagers, particularly females. I see the emotional roller-coaster of life as a 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 year old…

Between work, family, friends and everything else that we all have in-between, it is often hard to commit to other aspects of our life- one of them being the importance of our own mental health. We are on such a kick right now with eating clean, scheduling time to exercise,…

Chaos means many different things to various people. Chaos can simply mean a lot happening all at once- similar to a scene in a movie whereby the doorbell is ringing, the water is boiling over the stove, the two toddlers and dog are all chasing each other around in the…

Everybody remembers their first day in their professional career, in one way or another. Either remembering the butterflies of the unknown or the anxiety of meeting new co-workers or even the excitement of finally using the skills that were learned in school. I remember being handed a list of children’s…