I have a lot of clients who come to me with big life choices ahead of them, should I get married, divorced, move, have a child, buy a home, or tell my family about changes in my faith? What is the right answer? What should I do? The very first step in this process is […]
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Worrying is NOT work and worrying doesn’t work towards fixing what you’re worried about. Our brain loves to lie to us and say that worrying is productive, but truthfully it often just leaves us less mentally and emotionally capable of addressing what we are actually worried about. 1. Is worrying helping or hurting my capacity
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A few months ago I heard a story about the life of Esther Perel, a notable sex therapist. (Don’t worry, this post is not nearly as tantalizing or scandalous as it now sounds like it’s going to be…) Esther’s parents met at the end of World War II after spending five years in concentration camps. They
Sexuality is complicated. It develops over a lifespan and is influenced by many factors: parents, friends, teachers, school, church, healthcare, media, morality, and American culture. All of these influences either gave you an… Explicit message (“Don’t have sex before marriage” or “Masturbation is a normal biological urge”) Implicit message (You pick up an unspoken rule
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I’m going to consider getting that parent’s guide. I was just having an issue this week with my teenager lying to us about the silliest things, but I was reading on-line that you have to understand why they are lying and deal with that because all teens lie, and they just like to push their
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