Bullying and disrespect is much more significant than what I saw 20 years ago when I first began my graduate studies. Why are things...

Cultures of resilience don't happen through training, workshops, video platforms or Friday team building functions. They happen with...

The greater the investment in the relationship the greater the investment in the conflict. The opposite of love is not hate, it is...

Sometimes doing nothing is the most efficient thing that you can do - and the most terrifying. Today I am dragging my feet. It takes me...

What does this do to our social engagement? How does this affect our ability to truly listen and hear the other? Is it possible that the...

You are behind as you approach a deadline, and it is now crunch time. What happens to your brain and your body as you begin to feel...

Feelings are extremely important to our species. Our brain went to great lengths to carefully conserve feelings because they were...

When systems have been degraded gradually over time, we tend to point the finger at the final action that finally crushes the system. We...

When you take the time to think about all of the conflicts that you have, you will see a pattern. Your repeated conflicts lead to your...

Find the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...

A crisis leaves space where hard feelings can become undone and softened. Vulnerability provides an opportunity for broken spaces to...

We think that crisis arrives as a sudden explosive disruption but that is an illusion. The roots of crisis move slowly. There is a...

Take away that face and facial recognition pattern and you have a nervous system that is unable to take care of itself. And that is a...

What do you do when someone you love defies the rules that define you? There is a grieving father in front of me. His shoulders are...

This year my husband and I celebrated 10 years of marriage. At our anniversary dinner we talked and reminisced about the past ten...

Last year while walking on my home commute from my workday, I watched two of my elementary aged students toss their back packs to what...

You are about to enter a client meeting. You already know the client is upset. This is the third time you have had to move the order of...

I was listening on a podcast where one of the guests was told about an incident where a female staff member felt harmed when a male...

In an interview with Sam Harris, Daniel Goleman states, “As your mind is, your life becomes.’ Goldman talks about screen time as...

There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...