Green, Yellow and Red

Green, Yellow and Red

Sometimes the best counseling moments happen when working with kids and teens. There are helpful insights that are so universal that people of different ages can benefit. I find that the simpler explanations that work with kids also make it easier for us...
Our Relationship with Food

Our Relationship with Food

For some people, food is just food. It is fuel to keep going throughout the day and keeping calories and fat intake within normal ranges is not an issue.  There are many of us though that are currently relating to food in an unhealthy way or have done so in the past....
Can’t Win Them All

Can’t Win Them All

It’s funny how age doesn’t change some things in life. In one day I spoke with a tween and two adults about the exact same topic but three different counseling sessions. They had the same concerns, same challenges and the same solutions would work in all...
Lifelong Habits

Lifelong Habits

The behaviors that we see our children and teens doing now are often the habits, hang-ups and routines that they will be doing many years down the road. As a counselor, I chat with adults all the time who tell me that they remember starting a certain pattern or...