What Gets in the Way of Setting Healthy Goals?

What Gets in the Way of Setting Healthy Goals?

It may not come as a surprise that more than two-thirds of New Year’s resolutions fail each year. The question is why? Although the answer is complicated and personal for each of us, here’s what it boils down to. Number one, our goals are based on society’s...
Keeping Stress Away From Our Children

Keeping Stress Away From Our Children

Watching developments on the news these days is sometimes distressing for all of us. In fact, it’s important to recognize that if it’s impacting us, as well as impacting our kids. Mae, from Fox 40 Sacramento spoke to therapist Nancy Ryan about how to keep stress away...
Why Divorce Counseling is Always a Good Idea

Why Divorce Counseling is Always a Good Idea

Divorce is one of the most stressful and disrupting experiences we can go through. Even when a couple has no doubt in their minds that divorce is the right choice for them, the process will be painful and difficult. Although only 10% of couples going through a divorce...
Play Therapy for Children

Play Therapy for Children

Therapy has benefits for everyone. For adults, therapy can help us process unresolved issues, learn to build healthier relationships, and cultivate self-awareness and self-confidence. But guess what? Therapy has the same benefits for children too. But, the only...
John Gottman Knows Marriage (And He Knows Divorce, Too)

John Gottman Knows Marriage (And He Knows Divorce, Too)

According to Dr. Gottman, the biggest indicator of a couples’ success is not whether they argue, it’s how they argue. Conflict is inevitable in relationships. Which means a couple’s ability to find their way through disagreements will determine their long-term...