It’s that time of year. Whether your kiddos are just beginning school or heading off to graduate school – moms all over the world are feeling the feels. (I must point out that my mom had absolutely no feels. No joke. She threw a party. Ok – maybe not an actual, literal party. But in no way, […]

Anxiety, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Support

August 27, 2024

Back To School

I’ve worked tirelessly to maintain a positive outlook. To always find the silver lining. It’s Jim living on through me. But I’m also human. We are all faced with challenges, difficult moments, and impossible decisions. It’s called LIFE. It’s easy to get caught up in the roller coaster of life. It takes effort, a conscious […]

Awareness, Blog, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Support

July 31, 2024

Staying Positive

  Grief is never easy. But when you’re in college, it’s even harder. In honor of National College Student Grief Awareness Day, let’s talk about a few tips to help college students navigate grieving. College is so much different from every other part of life. By the time you get to college, you’re labeled an […]

Emotional Health, Grieving, Mental Health, Support

April 18, 2024

6 Tips for Navigating Grief in College

Choosing the right mental health professionals to support you can be scary. You’re trusting someone with the deepest, messiest parts of yourself – and you deserve to be able to trust them fully. So let’s talk about what you can do to ensure you’re trusting the right people. I’ve recently come face to face with […]

Emotional Health, Mental Health, Mental Illness, My Journey, Support, Therapy

April 4, 2024

Let’s Talk About Ethics: Advice for Choosing and Vetting Your Mental Health Professionals

Happy Holidays!  I hope that all of you have had a happy holiday season – whatever that looks like for you. Today marks 6 years without Jim. As you can imagine, the holidays have been more than difficult ever since his loss. It’s a time filled with great pain but also reflection. I believe in […]

Emotional Health, Grieving, Inspiration, My Journey, Relationships, Support

December 27, 2023

6 Years, 6 Reflections: Memories and Life Lessons on the 6th Anniversary of Jim’s Passing

July is Bereaved Parents Month–and my guess is that you don’t even know. Because there’s little to no support available for grieving parents. There’s little support available for people grieving, period. And the support that is available doesn’t meet people’s needs according to their own reports, and it’s not provided for them. Rather, it’s their […]

Blog, Emotional Health, Grieving, Mental Health, Support

July 10, 2023

Bereaved Parents Month: How Can We Provide Better Support for Bereaved Parents and for All People Grieving?

When someone enters a medical setting, they’re usually in an emotionally vulnerable place. After all, no one is seeing a doctor purely for the fun of it. So why is it that most medical practices seem to ignore the emotional and mental state of their patients? Is this really the best that we can do?  […]

Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Illness, Mindset, Support, Therapy

June 12, 2023

Mental Health in Medical Settings: Why Do Medical Providers Ignore Patients’ Emotional Health?

I spent almost 45 years of my life being told that I’m too sensitive and that my dreams were too big – by the people who matter the most to me.   It was so much a part of my life that I just got used to it…. even after I moved from Michigan to […]

Blog, Emotional Health, Grieving, Mental Health, Support

May 16, 2023

Who Do You Share Your Dreams With?

  It Has been A month! I feel like that applies to so many different times throughout life  Things were moving along in the best direction. For the first time since losing Jim truthfully. And out of nowhere, like it does, life happened. And – also like it does, all sorts of things started happening at the same time. Because […]

Blog, Grieving, Mental Health, Support

April 27, 2023

My Month of Moments

I’ll always talk about Jim. He’s part of me. He’s part of everything I do. So anyone who thinks talking about him might upset me – PLEASE talk about him. NOT talking him is what is upsetting. He’s also connected to my career in so many ways… My first job “in the field” was at The […]

Blog, Emotional Health, Grieving, Support, Uncategorized

March 21, 2023

Always Part of My Everything

So many of my clients are going through similar things. At the same time. But they don’t know it because most suffer silently. Feeling alone. We allow the noise in this world to confuse us. To tell us things like boys don’t cry and girls can’t play football. Pardon my language, but it’s bullshit!! Major bullshit. And it […]

Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Support

March 6, 2023

Avoid the Noise

My Thoughts About The Chaos in This World. Life was hard enough growing up 40+ years ago without technology and social media and today’s problems. I’ve lived with anxiety my entire life – even when I didn’t know that’s what it was! And that was without the issues we see today. Todays kids amaze me. […]

Anxiety, Blog, Depression, Emotional Health, Mental Health, Support, Therapy

February 16, 2023

Today We Are All Spartans