World Mental Health Day 10/10/23
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has announced the launch of a National Catholic Mental Health Campaign beginning Oct. 10, which is World Mental Health Day. The campaign [...]
Transformation Tuesday 6/14/22
One of the downsides of self improvement is the idea that in order to live a meaningful and fulfilling life, we must heal from everything that has caused us pain. [...]
Transformation Tuesday 6/7/22
We all have a leading edge. Typically, this is the place where what we know goes out the window and our behavior goes sideways in an attempt to deal with [...]
Transformation Tuesday 5/24/22
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month so we’d like to share some statistics to normalize mental health struggles and promote the importance (and acceptance) of seeking help. 1 in 5 (21%, [...]
Tips for Adjusting to the Start of the School Year
It’s hard to imagine that a year later we would find ourselves going into another school year with the pandemic looming in the background. As our nation continues to struggle [...]
5 Tips for Adjusting to the Summer Schedule
Transitions are often hard for families because just when we think we’ve figured out a system that works, the schedule changes and we must start over! Then there's the fact [...]
What to Expect in the Wake of the Coronavirus
For the past fifteen months, we’ve all been in survival mode. While the specific details of our lives may vary, the way we have been living during this time [...]
4 Tips for Breaking Unhealthy Family Patterns
As a marriage and family therapist, I am trained to address mental health using a systemic lens. This means that I seek to understand how mental health conditions/symptoms are related [...]
Weathering Relational Storms and Building Strong Bonds
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new” – Ursula K. Le Guin Humans are, by nature, [...]
Incarnational Goal Setting
As happens every January, you may be hearing and reading about resolutions and goals. This year is a bit different since I think we can all celebrate the fact that [...]