Why I Can’t Change

Why I Can’t Change

 Change is not easy. Sometimes people think that if you want a change bad enough change is easy; but change is not easy. If it were easy, no one would smoke, everyone would eat healthy, and we would all be in happy relationships. Many of us start down a road of change...

How To Get The Fastest Results From Counseling

Let’s be real. Nobody really wants to have to go to counseling anyway. There are plenty more fun and interesting things tugging at our To Do Lists . . .but if you have to go, how do you get in and get out as fast as possible? The simple answer is . . . you become a...

Invitation vs. Expectation

I work with couples regularly who are stuck in the power struggle. They fight with each other over which one is going to act and behave according to the other’s worldview.  It sounds something like this “I know how the world works, and if you would just get on...

Procrastination and Perfectionism

Today we are going to look at what procrastination and perfectionism have to do with each other.  Do you have procrastination tendencies, like me?  Do you wish you could stop, and just find the motivation to get the job done already? Maybe you are a perfectionist and...

Thoughts On Failure

‘Round about the end of January, many folks are beating themselves up and having feelings of failure in keeping their new year’s resolutions. There are other times any time of year, or maybe even any time of day, when that shaming voice in one’s head comes out to let...