May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month You are not alone. Working on your mental health isn’t admitting a failure, weakness, or moral quality about yourself, it’s taking care of your [...]
Transformation Tuesday 10/11/22
In our ongoing efforts to improve the wellbeing of the community we serve, we are using today’s post to offer resources and education. Research has shown that discussing mental health [...]
Transformation Tuesday 9/20/22
As a marriage therapist, I am a process consultant for my couples. My goal is to help them tune into the emotional process unfolding underneath their conscious awareness. The words [...]
Transformation Tuesday 7/26/22
Humans are hard wired for relationships. From cradle to grave we instinctually seek closeness with those near to us. Relationships are our ecological niche and a necessary component for healthy [...]
Throwback Thursday 7/14/22
Relationships are messy from the very beginning. We are born to very human parents who make very human mistakes. These mistakes often hurt us and change our view of ourselves [...]
Transformation Tuesday 7/5/22
Why do partners blame each other? Blame is often a way of fleeing from ourselves in order to stop the pain in our hearts. In this way, blame can be [...]
Transformation Tuesday 6/21/22
Containment is an effective strategy when we need to slow down our emotional experience or create space within ourselves. Sometimes we’re not in a position to process emotions, don’t have [...]
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 [...]
How to (and How Not to) Talk about Mental Health
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, we would like to offer some guidelines for engaging the topic of mental health in your home, community, and the Catholic Church. The [...]