Taking a Healthy Time Out

All relationships can experience gridlock when talking about a difficult topic. Relationships, whether it be a couple, friendship, parent-child, or family system, tend to have a familiar dance that plays out in communication and conflict. For example, a common dance...

Effects of Pornography on the Teen Brain

In the last month, popular search engines reported ten billion total internet searches worldwide.  Of those ten billion, two and a half billion were pornography related searches.  Considering that teen population subset accesses the internet more than any...

An Unavoidable Issue: How to Discuss the Impacts of Sexting

When asked about sexting, a teen might say something like, “It’s not a big deal, everyone does it.” This kind of response is most likely intended to deter a tough conversation, but sexting is an important issue to address. Is sexting a big deal or...

Craving more peace within? Mindfulness for You and for Your Kids

What is Mindfulness? Some may think of its historical routes based in eastern religion, but mindfulness has evolved over time to be a practice that can be integrated into your daily life providing relief, peace, self-reflection, and calm. Who doesn’t want all of...

Post-High School and Pre-College: A Transitioning Chapter

If you find yourself sitting (and sweating) at a high school graduation ceremony this June watching your teenager walk across a stage, cap and gown on, a million photos taken, planning grad parties, buying Hawaiian lei’s, you are most likely a parent that finds...