I was at a conference late this week and had the good fortune to speak about relationships and attachment with other clinicians. It was...

These questions come from just about everyone when we first meet, but especially when they haven’t had any “major  traumas” in their...

Bosses give us job descriptions in part so we know what is expected of us. Ideally, clear expectations guide our choices and actions....

I despise cold, so I was particularly looking forward to going in the dead of winter and we were really looking forward to the break. We...

We have a 12 yo, and we were just talking about consent with him and came across this great video that talks about consenting for...

by Photos8.com Good mental and physical health requires RESPECT, LOVE, COMPASSION, and BOUNDARIES. How you define these terms will differ...

We usually learn to value ourselves from how valued we felt growing up. (See video about survival maps for more) It sets the stage for...

Quick- how much do you think I value them? (Rate from 1-5, 1= not at all, 5= a lot) Just based on that 1 sentence description about how I...

This is true whether it is about work we are doing now, or work we did in the past and also true of paid or unpaid work. A few weeks ago...

Have you ever wondered why it can be such a BIG issue? WORK (paid or not) provides us with: A sense of SAFETY (financial and physical),...

How come something as basic as rejection, isolation and exclusion can be so powerful in controlling human behaviour? Because we evolved...

You decide… I was working with a young woman in her 40’s a while ago, Samantha. She was conceived around the time her mother had an...

Have you ever had that kind of relationship with something? Someone? You really LOVE one part of them and DESPISE the other. Perhaps it...

There is a constant pull between the magic in the air from being around kids who believe in Santa and the expectations of others to host,...

The way it happens is always the same…so let’s look at some actual examples and what we can do about it! Isabella (not their real name)...