New Year’s is the perfect time to reflect on the recent past and set intentions for the future. The practice I offer here is meant to keep you on track with your personal goals, including self-awareness and growth, relationships, finances, and career. Doing the work of becoming our best selves…

We all know that communication is important in relationships of all kinds, yet most of us lack good communication skills. As a writer, a communications professional, and a student of clinical social work, I observe people communicate badly every day. Poor communication is a barrier between us and those we…

You may have heard the term conscious relationship floating around and wondered, what the heck does that mean? I’ve used it to describe the type of relationship that I choose to create and been met with confusion and questions. …

Quitting gets a bad rap, and it’s time for that to change. For me, quitting is an act of self-perseverance, wisdom, and courage. It’s an art, really. Over the years, I’ve learned to quit faster and better and to never look back. …

Trust is the foundation of all relationships. Without it, we won’t get very far with others, whether it’s reaching a professional agreement or getting a date. Both the colleague and the cute person of interest are either consciously or unconsciously assessing how trustworthy we appear, and we’re doing the same…

First, healing isn’t always an eradication of disease or dis-ease. Sometimes, healing is finding the balance point where we can live a full and healthy life while managing an issue. That is the kind of healing my fifteen-year-old son has experienced. He probably wouldn’t call it healing, though, because to…

Narcissistic abusers create an alternative reality in which none of the abusive behavior they are responsible for exists. In this alternative reality, they cast themselves as a good person who is victimized by others. They don’t own up to their faults or, if they do, it’s done to placate others…

We all know that viruses are living organisms that can evolve and change, but did you also know that they play a key role in human evolution, affecting the cells in our bodies and our social structures? …

Many of us are struggling with sleep these days. A side effect of COVID-19 and the political and social unrest in the U.S has resulted in another kind of pandemic: poor sleep and its consequences. There are some illnesses that can cause fatigue, so ruling out a medical issue…