Love & Relationships

When I sat down to write this week’s article II felt incredibly stuck. This past week has been a hard one for me and my family. My husband and I had the make the decision to put our almost 15-year-old dog Rocco down.We got Rocco when he was only 10 weeks old. He was my first “baby.” When we got Rocco I had just finished graduate school and wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do. I wasn’t working and wasn’t even sure of what to do with myself but I had Rocco and he and I would spend all day, every day together.Rocco and I would go to the local dog parks, we went shopping...

Today I want to talk about what it takes to love yourself. Not sorta, kind of love yourself but really, truly, deeply love yourself with such certainty that no matter what anyone said or did you wouldn’t doubt for a minute love. Learning to love yourself starts in your mind and with a single belief. It’s the belief you're worthy of love and you have the potential to create the life you truly want. It's the belief you’re enough, no matter how you look or what you've done. It’s the belief you’re enough and therefore worthy of love. It's this belief that allows us to see our potential to do...

 It’s T-minus until {Insert holiday, or event, wedding…you name it}I’m not talking about whether you have your ID to get on a plane or if you’ve bought the “right” dessert. I’m talking about a plan of action for yourself IF things with your family goes sideways…and not in a good way.Hopefully you’ve been working on identifying how you want to show up for the holidays/wedding and what boundaries you need to set in order to get through, and all the other upcoming holidays/events, without pulling all of your hair out. This week’s topic: Have an exit strategyMany people think because...

 So here we are…again. Halloween is over. It’s now November which means holiday season is around the corner.Whether you love your family, hate your family or feel somewhere in between, the holidays always brings up a lot of “stuff” for all of us.What I hear from many of my clients is, “I’ve been working on myself for this entire year. I’m building my confidence and creating a life I love and all it takes is one meal with my family to throw me right back to where I started!”You can prevent this from happening!This entire month we’re going to be working on creating a holiday...