Some thoughts on life, healing & the human condition
Read moreChild.ol’.a.try: 1. Worship of one’s children at the expense of one’s marriage. 2. Why parenthood today kills sex and creates marital dissatisfaction.
Prioritizing Your Partner Over Your Kids
Child.ol'.a.try Child.ol'.a.try: 1. Worship of one's children at the expense of one's marriage. 2. Why parenthood today kills sex and creates...
Social Media: Creating Feelings of Connection or Disconnection?
Social media has made its way into our lives over the past decade and is now an undeniable part of the lives of most people I know and...
HSP Therapy in Asheville
Highly Sensitive People, or HSPs are often people who feel a lot, give a lot, and struggle a lot as a result of this predisposition. Finding HSP...
The Serenity Prayer
Over the past week I have been reminded, on several occasions, of the importance of acceptance on the road to healing. Situations with...
Read moreThere are no long-term, lasting benefits from taking A.D.H.D. medications… but mindfulness seems to be training the same areas of the brain that have reduced activity in A.D.H.D. That’s why mindfulness might be so important… it seems to get at the causes.
Using Mindfulness to Treat Adult ADHD
Cognitive control, loosely defined as the ability to maintain sustained attention amidst the temptation of distraction, is a key factor missing for...
Stepping in to Step-Parenting!
When I got married two years ago to my (now) husband, a father of two boys, I was hopelessly romantic and admittedly naive about what becoming a...
Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety is a normal human response to stress. Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences anxiety. The degree to which our anxiety impacts...
My Own Lessons in Non Attachment
When I started up my private psychotherapy practice a few years ago, my first office seemed to fall into my lap. It was a low-risk investment in a...
Transpersonal Counseling Asheville
Spirituality Need Not Be Grandiose... I recently read Thomas Moore's 1992 New York Times Bestseller, Care of the Soul. A great book about the loss...
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