Unmasking Addiction: A Therapist's Guide to Understanding Enablers and Addicts - sound familiar?
Roles like the Addict and the Enabler become central figures around whom the family orbits. The Addict's drinking causes distress and disorder …. while the Enabler, often a spouse or partner, attempts to shield and excuse the behavior, perpetuating the cycle.
Navigating the Crossroads of Commitment: When to Hold On and When to Let Go in Marriage
How to know if you should leave and what to do if you decide to stay.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Strategic Co-Parenting: How to Parent Well After a Divorce…and why it matters
Practical advice for divorced parents on how to effectively collaborate for their child's well-being, emphasizing communication, consistency, and a child-centric approach to overcoming challenges and fostering growth
Breaking Through Family Gridlock: A Journey to Understanding and Growth after Loss
Gridlock happens when unresolved issues create a barrier to progress in a relationship. It's marked by recurring arguments, emotional withdrawal, and a general feeling of being stuck. Here’s how to get unstuck.
“Hi There. Be Careful!”
Here’s what to do when you are being scammed, getting ripped off or are the target of an online hoax - from my personal experience.
The Hidden Influence of Family Dynamics on C-Suite Leadership
Negative family traits, such as emotional neglect, abuse, poor boundaries, and control issues, can hinder the development of empathy, humility, and self-awareness in leaders. The absence of these vital traits leads to tangible problems and blocks success, evident in 1) High staff turnover, 2) Escalated training and recruitment costs, 3) Hindered product innovation, 4) Delayed market launches, 5) Poor product quality, 6) A demotivated workforce, 7) Suppressed creativity. Can you teach old dogs new tricks?
Where Are My Trailblazers?
In the fast-paced chaos and constant grind, here's a few little ways to KEEP IT GOING 🔥🔊🌪️.
13 Reasons You'll Want To Build Resilience In Your Family
Building family resilience helps you turn adversities into opportunities for growth and strengthening of familial bonds.
Riding the Comeback Curve: You Can Flourish Amidst Hard Times
Here is how to fourish amidst hard times
Bounce Back With These Proven Resilience Skills
If you’re going through a hard time, resilience skills are the KEY!
13 Reasons You'll Want To Build Resilience In Yourself
Here’s why it benefits you to build resilience in yourself!
Feeling Disconnected From Your Partner?
What to do when your partner becomes just a roommate
The Secret Sauce of Thriving Relationships: RQ and EQ Explained
What to do and how to do it to build a GREAT relationship.
Holiday Hater?
Moody-Judy during the holidays? Here’s your guide. Number 4 will be appreciated by those close to you.
A Therapist’s Favorite Life-Hacks
Leave your shoes on, learn how to “edge,” ice water, time, love, and more. All for you.
Women, Divorce, and the Mistakes We Make When Breaking Up.
Women, Money and Divorce - let’s get it right.
What to do When You Lose Someone - and how to cope
How to get rest, peanut butter, and a paycheck while you’re grieving.
Why My Book (and others like it) Are A Lie
In chapter nine of my book, I suggest readers work through their storyline of grief by using a practice I call Micro-Grieving. Micro-grieving is when we take small but significant steps towards intentionally connecting with the feelings of our loss to move through them, so we don’t get stuck in them for too long.
Force Multipliers & Leadership
Leaders need specific directions when helping those they lead. This blog can help guide the reader to practical ways to be an effective leader and pitfalls to avoid. Using my personal story as an example when leaders showed up and when they dropped the ball.