What is your anger pointing to? This is such a difficult, but oh so important question because most of us think we know the answer.And when we " know" the answer, we naturally...
What Is Your Anger Pointing To?
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Category: Self Abandonment
Finding Your Happy
Where do you find your happy? So many of us spend our lives chasing it. Dreaming of it. Hoping for it. Waiting on it. Mourning the fact that it hasn't come yet. Is it really that...
What Kind of Self-Care Are You Getting?
What happens if you don't get self-care in a healthy way? You will get it in an unhealthy way! Don't believe me? Read on to learn the difference between the two and then see...
Self-Abandonment Through Extreme Productivity
When is productivity destructive? Productivity is destructive when it is a need. There is a difference between doing tasks as they need to be done and the need to be productive....
Broken Radar
Are you constantly scanning the environment trying to figure out what your partner is feeling? Do you and your partner seem to be “reading” each other all the time? If so, do...
How Old Is Your Inner Child?
How old is your inner child? The part of you that is tender, fragile, innocent, sweet, and easily hurt? We all walk around in adult bodies, making adult decisions, holding...
Who Do You Give Your Power To?
The Story “Not today, Sister!” These 3 words taught me a huge lesson once that will stick with me for life. I had worked for months planning an employee event at my job and I...
Pin The Tail On The Donkey
Are you sick of not getting your needs met? Do you feel like you have been screaming at the top of your lungs, but your partner claims to have no idea what you want from them? ...
A Snake in the Grass
The Snake Story One day there was a man driving through the desert. A snake on the side of the road flags down the man as he is driving. The man pulls over and the snake says,...
Mirror, Mirror
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? A good person who is kind, generous, and loving? Do you see a good parent, spouse, son or daughter, employee, friend? That’s what...
Self-Care: Mom’s Battery Charger
Mothers walk into my counseling office wearing tired smiles. Their posture is slumped. Their eyes are heavy. And eventually, in a hushed and almost guilty tone, they admit: “I...
Codependent Recovery – Now I’m A Friend of Me!
Codependent Recovery - Not Knowing Your Needs I heard the sweetest words I've heard spoken in a long time today - "Now I'm a friend of me." This, coming from a codependent client...
Counseling – About Christy Aloisio
How Did I Get Into Counseling? I was born and raised in Indianapolis with an older brother and a younger brother (yes, I do have middle child syndrome). I attended Decatur...
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