Many students and educators returned to school this week, but the COVID-19 pandemic has school looking a little different this year. For many this means a hybrid schedule or virtual learning to start the 20-2021 school year. Since March life has looked remarkably different as we struggle to find safety and a sense of normalcy. Parents and teens alike are...[ read more ]
Show appreciation for the small things daily. If your partner loads the dishwasher thank them. If you like something they did, let them know. Feeling underappreciated in relationships is a common compliant. Much of the work we do goes unseen and partners can start to resent the other person. Acknowledging your appreciation for the little things is the antidote for...[ read more ]
7 things to expect in couple’s therapy from a Licensed Couples Therapist. Acknowledging that your relationship could benefit from couple therapy is a brave choice. For far too long, therapy has been a taboo topic and couples entering into therapy were whispered about in hushed tones. For the record, going to couple’s therapy DOES NOT mean you are getting a...[ read more ]
Laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning the house, tying shoes, getting the kids to bed, working outside of the home, arguing that wearing long sleeves and pants on a 90-degree day isn’t the best idea…the list as a parent goes on. Parenting today is harder than ever. We are now living in the age of immediacy, demand, and isolation. With that it...[ read more ]
Valentine’s Day usually garners these responses from folx, ‘hopeless romantic’ or ‘manufactured holiday.’ If anything, it is a day that highlights and yes, profits on expressing love to your person. What we can or may be able to agree on is that an extravagant expression of love one time a year is not enough to sustain a relationship. Through the...[ read more ]
