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Adult Bullies: The Bitter Bully
Disclaimer: For those of you who know me and my work around healing from abuse, please note that this blog is not about clinically abusive people...
I Got A Root Canal At Church
Imagine walking into church and in the lobby, you see a sign-up area for getting a tooth extracted or a root canal. You go up to the counter to...
You Just Don’t Care
When a close friend shares with you that the pastor made uninvited sexual advances towards her and you argue that the pastor is a godly man and...
Things to Remember When on Empty
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - Charles Dickens Almost three weeks ago I published my first sole-authored book. The lead...
Sometimes…
As I looked at this picture on my friend's phone, I had the thought of "sometimes we need to put on a pink tutu and run through bubbles." It got me...
Stay In Your Lane
It's frightening when someone crosses the yellow line and drifts into your lane; coming at you head-on. This can apply to driving a car or...
Collecting Pebbles
One of the most common things I hear from survivors of psychological abuse is their confusion about why they didn't notice the red flags sooner in...
Finding A Therapist
I am really fortunate (and crazy blessed) to be able to do the work that I do. Every day people contact my office inquiring of how to get an...
Family and Friends: Your Loved One Isn’t Crazy
From reading the title, you might be wondering what this post is going to be about. I am writing this for the family and friends of survivors of...
Are We All Narcissists?
I am frustrated. I just woke up annoyed. Ever been there? The reason I have a low grade level of aggravation this fine morning is because I find...
A Measuring Stick of Change
To know me is to know that I have a few favorite sayings. Over the last eight years of chatting with clients in a private practice setting, one of...
Spiritual Abuse is…
My counseling business name is Southlake Christian Counseling. As you can imagine, I get all sorts of inquiries about what exactly does the...
Too Busy For The Next Order
A few months ago, I was the presenter for a morning training and it was my plan to have fresh coffee and donuts when the attendees arrived. The day...
Book Review: “Psychopath Free” by Peace
Have you ever read a book and either the timing was just perfect in your life or the material in the book highlighted a topic that was extremely...
Never Ending Cycles
The Dallas/Fort Worth area has been blanketed in ice, snow and general winter misery. Well, at least to me it's miserable. To know me personally is...
It’s Complicated
Counseling clients talk about wanting to move forward in some area of their lives; that's why they chose to take the time and invest financially...
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...
Why “Letting It Go” Is A Myth
A week doesn't go by that during a session, someone will say that they need to just let something go or that they have tried to let something go but...
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...
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...