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Hope for a New Year
December 30, 2019
It’s hard to find a more hopeful time of the year than the Christmas season. We are all just different in the four weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. People spend more time with family, smile more often at total […]
Read MoreIs it Time to Turn Around?
February 22, 2019
We just finished an epic night-skiing session and were preparing for our 20-minute drive back to the cabin we rented in the mountains. I pulled up the address of the cabin on Google Maps and requested directions home. Simple process, […]
Read MoreStrategy for Change
January 29, 2019
It’s hard to believe, but the new year is upon us! Soon we will be sitting down with family and friends celebrating all the promise and excitement a new year brings. We get a new start based on the […]
Read MoreResilience In A Broken World
May 18, 2018
If there is one thing I have learned after almost 30,000 hours of providing clinical services to individuals and families it is this: There is no cookie cutter way to respond to the difficult situations that come as a result […]
Read MoreGoals
December 26, 2017
I sat in my clinical office one Friday afternoon feeling utterly helpless as I hung up the phone after talking with my friend. Two weeks earlier I had referred him to an addictions treatment center a few hours away so […]
Read MoreThe One Parenting Mistake You Can’t Make
May 23, 2016
I’ll never forget the moment I stood in the delivery room holding our baby boy in my arms for the first time. He stared at me intently as if to ask, “What the heck just happened?” I stared back at […]
Read MoreDon’t Let Your Dreams Consume You
March 3, 2016
Once upon a time there was a young boy who dreamed of owning a lion. He would wake up every morning and plan his day around how he could learn more about lion behavior. He watched animal planet, he attended […]
Read MoreYou’ve Got This
December 30, 2015
It’s that time of year again. Men and women of all ages and all walks of life will soon be meeting at their local Starbucks to sip on lattes and discuss their New Year’s resolutions. “This year is going to […]
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