Five tips for your next date

As a therapist, I love being able to witness my clients get better. Knowing that I was able to play a part in it makes it that much more special.  Some of the turnarounds I have seen are simply amazing and I consider it an honor to be a therapist. Because I want all my clients to be able to experience this type of change, I am sharing a few characteristics that I notice among my ‘successful’ clients. These characteristics are quite simple and anyone can implement them. I hope you find them

If you have been following the news and social media you are probably aware that women all over are speaking up about their experience regarding #MeToo movement. If you have been paying close attention then you are aware that women from all walks of life are sharing their personal story about their trauma related to sexual assaults, harassment, rape etc. Consent is mandatory. What people may not know is that consent is more than a yes and no. There are several ways that consent is ignored in

Holiday travel can bring stress and anxiety for a lot of people.  In Byrdie, I am sharing wellness tips for the highly anxious traveler.  Read the full article on Byrdie: https://thethirty.byrdie.com/travel-stress-tips

Breakups hurt! If you're going through an "I cannot get out of bed breakup", " This pain will never go away breakup", "when will I feel better" OR a breakup that hurts so bad that you feel your heart hurting then this post if for you. Here are some ways to find healing after the pain of a breakup and find hope after a loss of a relationship. First, let's talk about that pain you feel in your heart. Is it real? Why does it hurt so much? Emotional pain activates the same pathways in the brain as

You are laying in bed and hoping sleep will visit soon. You decide to pick up your phone and open up Instagram. You mindlessly start scrolling through photos of people you know or the ones that Instagram suggests. You decide to finally go to sleep but your mind is full of everyone's perfect life you saw on social media and there is a pang of dissatisfaction and a feeling of not being good enough swimming within you. Does this happen to you sometimes or often when you look at Facebook,

Dating Over 30  Guest post by Kim Tucker who is also a Dating Coach and part of Texas Dating Coaches. Kim is based in Dallas, Texas.  www.kimkares.org Dating can be exciting, yet disappointing; hopeful yet tiresome. Especially when you add in external factors such as work, kids, family, friends, exes, etc. When you date over the age of 30 you may have the benefit of experience within dating relationships. However, with this experience, it can be helpful or harmful depending on our

Dating the Wrong People As a Dating Coach, some questions I often ask people are if they have dated “wrong” people and secondly if they seem to be stuck in a cycle where they feel like they attract the same “wrong” people over and over. When people come to see me, the answer to the two questions above most likely is a “heck, yes!” Let’s talk about the wrong type of people we have dated and what can we do about it. I will focus on the four types of people that come up often as I work with my