One Christmas in the late 90s, I went to visit my sister who at the time lived in Phoenix, Arizona. Our whole family had flown there to celebrate the holidays together. We took a drive up to the Grand Canyon, stopping in Sedona along the way for a few days. It was a very scenic […]
Getting to the Root of Anger
I have a client who’s one of the brightest people I’ve ever met. She went to an Ivy League college and was a straight-A student her whole life. She used to help her older sister do her homework when she was in secondary school and her sister was in junior college. She was an investment […]
How to Take the Right Risk in Your Relationships
Recently I found myself in a sticky conversation that caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting the other person to communicate with me in the way that he did. I didn’t know how to respond at first and told him I’d need some time to reflect on what he’d said. Then I felt into my […]
What Can Stop You from Being Present
If you’d asked me how I felt when I was in my early 20s I would’ve likely made it up. I was so disoriented that I was frozen and afraid to express myself. It wasn’t easy or natural for me to talk openly or freely about how I felt and share my feelings. There were […]