OK ladies, how many of you have at least one part of your body you’re not happy with? If I asked for a show of hands, I expect every hand would go up – including mine! Let me offer this advice: Keep it to yourself, at least as far as your husband is concerned! (This…
One year ago, I packed my lunch bag and headed to my classroom—for the first time in three years. It definitely wasn’t in “my plan” to take three years off from teaching, but let me take you back before I get ahead of myself. Right after college, I landed my dream job: teaching in rural…
There is no relationship quite like marriage to test our patience and our ability to “play well” with others. Once the wedding is a part of our story and the everyday of life as a married couple begins, we all experience that moment when we think to ourselves, “This is harder than I thought it…
I was having a tough day. It was just a day where my emotions were feeling raw. I was frustrated and discouraged over some thing and the tears came quickly to my eyes all day. And I mean alllll day! I tried to put on a brave face and not act wimpy. I didn’t want…
Early on in my career as a couples therapist, I saw countless couples who would come into my office, sit on my couch, and launch in to attacks against one another. These early days highlighted that I did not know what to do with a couple who was instantly and constantly judging each other. I…
