In today’s times we are often met with ideas and beliefs that challenge our way of thinking. If your experience is anything like mine,...

Many times the question of needing a friend versus a counselor comes up in the counseling office. At what point does our need of support...

Some of you reading this may be struggling or know someone close to you who is. My hope is this article will be helpful to make life better.

In 2011, in response to the Food Pyramid’s transition to the healthy plate and more awareness around the connection between nutrition and...

Perception is fascinating. Broadly speaking, people tend to only see two things in life: things they want and obstacles. You tend to see...

It’s that time of year. Spring is full of a multitude of people making choices and making them loudly for the world to see. Graduates...

I know, I know. I’m the fifth person this week to tell you social media is a godless travesty that sucks the life out of your soul. But...

We all have a need to feel significant, unique, or talented. This isn’t just a want, it’s one of our basic needs as a human being. Some...

In early December, I sat far across a classroom from a kiddo I have a long-term relationship with, and thinking nothing of the action, I...

I get asked all the time, “How do you do what you do?” The question is followed by, “I could never do that! Sit and listen to peoples’...

“If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.” – Dr. Viktor Frankl Christmas is about hope coming into...

A few years ago, I went to pick up a kiddo from his classroom for his in-school counseling session. He shot up from his seat the moment I...

One of my favorite things to do is watch Law and Order with my 12-year-old daughter. It’s kind of a family tradition, and something I...

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire The Nature of a Question I’m going to share some of the most profound...

Oftentimes in my office, clients share with me concerns members of their support system have and how they believe the client should deal...

I’ve been in the business of redeeming marriages for nearly 7 years now. I’ve been in the business of redeeming families much longer. It...

Imagine Anna, a tall, thin, young woman in her mid 20’s, raised in the rural countryside of the Midwest. She has long hair and pale skin....