By: Karen McMahon Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game. In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles. I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of opening […]
By Karen McMahon We need boundaries to experience healthy loving relationships. Yet so many of us did not grow up in families that exhibited healthy boundaries. In fact, we may have experienced quite the opposite and not even understand what a boundary is. If your relationship is facing crisis, while the complexities are unique, you […]
By Lisa Brick I remember when my mother explained to me that once I became a mom my time for play was over. As a parent, I needed to be ever vigilant and put fun aside. Fun was for youth. As you might imagine, my mom was not a whole lot of fun. Although […]
By Lisa Brick You are the only person in your life who is always there. The relationship that most impacts how happy you are and what you are able to accomplish is your relationship with yourself. Everyone else (parents, children, significant others, extended family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances) comes and goes. The extent that […]
By Lisa Brick Divorce is stress season, no matter when it is occurring. While you can’t make someone who is out the door stay or stay when everything in you is pushing you out the door, you can choose to strategically reinforce your body’s capabilities of handling stress through your choices of which foods to […]
During extreme change we lose track of what we are capable of and our value as human beings. Our worlds and our self perceptions get turned upside down and inside out. What we knew to be true has become false. What we counted on as solid has turned liquid and drained away. There is fear […]
To read about the first two steps, begin here… Step 1: Awareness – The first step in becoming conscious of our role in every upset is awareness. It is the beginning of witnessing our own perspectives and behaviors…the practice of ‘mindfulness’. Step 2: Acceptance – Realizing that we have a part in all our circumstances […]
By Lisa Brick Once divorce is settled, life has become more predictable, and you are feeling ready to open yourself up to meeting new people the next step is often asking yourself what you want now, why you want it, and how you can intentionally create it? Something is missing though, something invisible. This is […]
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and all […]
By Lisa Brick Shortly we will be celebrating Christmas We will be with family we haven’t seen for a while as well as family we see every day. Some of us will be without family we used to have who have passed on, moved away and aren’t able to make it back, or dropped out […]
