Photo by Robert Anderson on UnsplashHave you ever noticed how people tend to be a default no to new ideas and others a default yes, whether or not they change their mind after they’ve gotten to sit with it for a while? My partner’s a default yes to most things I bring...
Photo by Kevin Escate on UnsplashWe’ve all heard the saying, “Relationships take work,” but how many of us know for sure which relationship work actually works? We can keep ourselves really, really busy working on our relationships, gaining lots of self-awareness in...
Photo by Vincent van Zalinge on UnsplashOne of the hardest tendencies to overcome in order to have a great relationship is the need to be right. As the old cliché goes, Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? When you need to be right, you’ll tend to make...
Photo by D A V I D S O N L U N A on UnsplashSince many of us aren’t going anywhere for the holidays this year, and 2020's been a shizzbang overall, I wanted to share some of my fave pieces of tech that help keep me, and my clients who choose to use them, relatively...
Photo by Wyron A on UnsplashSheltering in place has made healthy boundaries much harder to maintain. That separation many of us used to have between our work and our home life is gone, or at least it’s a lot fuzzier than it was before. As the pandemic has worn on, one...
Photo by Lina Trochez on UnsplashWhen we feel uncomfortable, most of us rush to ease it, right? We discharge it through exercise or lashing out. We numb it with food and alcohol. We avoid it by distracting ourselves with social media or TV. For me, it’s keeping myself...
The other day, I was surprised by a friend’s post, in which she mentioned her friend P who came over to visit and how good it felt to connect with someone again after sheltering in place alone for so long. I texted my partner (who was out) asking if he’d gone to visit...
