De-Stress Your Holidays by Taking Charge and Changing You!
Well, if you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten! If you want to be less stressed, then YOU MUST CHANGE…
Failure to Launch Reason Number One is Anxiety and Fear of Failure
The first reason why some young adult children struggle to launch from their parents’ home is anxiety and fear of failure or not being good enough. The child may have…
Failure to Launch Reason Number Two is Over Protective Parenting
The second common reason for failure to launch is having over protective parents or parents who do too much for their children. It is a fine balancing act for parents…
Common Reasons Kids Fail to Launch and Live at Home with Their Parents.
Failure to launch is when a child becomes an adult (i.e. over 18 years old) but doesn’t move forward with being more independent from their parents. We are not talking…
Parents Embrace the Gray of Moderation in the Middle for Each Child
I was giving a wellness training and gave the example of a child who grows up with parents who are over protective will learn that the world is something to…
Parents Need to Teach Resiliency and Distress Tolerance in Children
I often see children and adults coming in for counseling because they are medicating or numbing themselves out to avoid the overwhelming feelings they have when things happen in life. …
Family relationship conflicts, unrealistic expectations or the family we choose with radical acceptance
One of the challenges we often face as we grow older is coming to terms with our expectations of "family" versus what the reality is. I often hear clients say…