There’s not many people I speak with who don’t talk about their time spent on social media. It is something that becomes a large part of our lives, particularly with teens. One of the biggest challenges we face using social media is dealing with comparison. You scroll through your feed and are bombarded with seemingly perfect photos and videos. We automatically begin to think about the lives others live, how wonderful they look, how accomplished they are, and why it’s not happening to us. When you think about it, what are you really seeing? You’re seeing a glimpse into a staged [...]

Our relatives pass down many qualities and values that are carried out instinctively over the years;  however, there are other traits and trauma that are also passed down for generations which are never spoken about until someone has the courage to break the vicious cycle.  Experiencing a traumatic event can be frightening in the moment but unfortunately, it doesn’t just stop there. The effect of trauma has the tendency to linger and can gnaw at a person over the years.. These experiences can sometimes be subtle and undefined as it soars through the family generations creating anxiety, depression, addiction, chronic health [...]

Why are changes so hard to make? And what can we do about making them last? We are at the beginning of a new year. A year of opportunities to meet expectations, intentions, resolutions, or goals that we’ve set for ourselves. Oftentimes we are well intentioned and feel as though nothing is going to stop us. Until that hurdle looks you dead in the face. We stumble, maybe even fall down. We get off track. But do you get back up? Many times we don’t. And it’s not because we don’t want it. It’s because change is fucking hard. As much [...]