Picture this: you're scrolling through your Facebook feed, and suddenly you realize someone has unfriended you. Ouch! It can be a real bummer and leave you feeling all kinds of confused and sad.  In this blog, we'll dive into some strategies to help you navigate the emotional jungle of unfriending and find your inner peace. Oh, and we'll sprinkle in...[ read more ]

"Shame needs three things to grow exponentially in our lives: Secrecy, silence, and judgment." Brené Brown I have a quirky morning habit, I must confess. I don't know if it's that strange because I haven't asked anyone else about their morning quirks, either. But it's a sort of life hack that I started a few years ago that seems to...[ read more ]

Paraphrasing, a client I had several years ago remarked, "I am just so relieved that I am allowed to talk about God in here. I was sure you would think I was crazy." When I first learned that clients were afraid to talk about God, religion, or spirituality in counseling, I was pretty surprised. As a counselor, I am trained...[ read more ]

When we talk about the past, it’s really easy to go one of two ways: We can either look at the past with a golden hue, regarding everything with fondness of for the days gone by; or, we can look toward the past with pangs of regret and remorse, as if a raincloud was hanging over our entire life experience....[ read more ]

I’m as guilty as anyone else of being pretty much addicted to electronic devices. You can ask pretty much any of my colleagues about this, and they’ll tell you it’s true. I’m one of those guys who has almost every kind of portable device—and I use them all, sometimes even at the same time. If you’re in a training or...[ read more ]

We Have Come to Be Danced by Jewel Mathieson We have come to be danced not the pretty dance not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance but the claw our way back into the belly of the sacred, sensual animal dance the unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance the holding the precious moment in the...[ read more ]

There aren't many things in life that we can be absolutely certain of. Sure, there's the old saying that the only things we can be sure of are death and taxes, which, whether we like it or not, is true. Another thing we can be sure that we will experience at one time or another is some degree of change....[ read more ]

"Have you considered meditating?" I asked innocently during a session with one of my clients. The blank stare on my client's face held the answer to my question. I might as well had asked, "Have you considered driving up to Boulder and living in a yurt for a few weeks?" Despite all the research that has proven meditation is an...[ read more ]

Although a source of excitement and enjoyment for many, being invited to big parties or social engagement can be very stressful for others. The thought of spending two or three hours around many different personalities is not only nerve-racking for some people, it’s downright terrifying. If you find yourself dreading such events, know you’re not alone. You’re probably just experiencing...[ read more ]

We find so many different words for it. Sometimes we call it the blues, the doldrums, or the blahs. Everbody gets feelings of being sad or blah sometimes -- it's a pretty normal part of life. What happens, though, when it doesn't go away? When do we know that it's something more than just feeling down, and is more accurately...[ read more ]