If you’re a fixer, here’s the brutal truth: You’re missing the real issue. Though society holds people with seeming selfless tendencies to a high esteem, the reality is that when you devote all your energy in efforts to fix and control others, you tend to be...
Ah, the dating pool. A chaotic confusing place full of mixed messages and red flags. The optimist in us believes red flags are easy to spot, yet that’s typically not how it works. It’s easy to see them in other people’s relationships, sure. It’s just way more...
Codependence is one of those things that doesn’t seem to be all that bad. In fact, people who exhibit codependent traits and characteristics are often well-liked ordinary functional members of society. Things could be a lot worse, right? What is Codependence? Becoming...
You just had another bad fight. The whole weekend you fixate on your phone, and they never call or respond to your texts. “It’s rude, disrespectful! You told me we should do something Saturday, and then…nothing!” Literally a bundle of nerves, you hover over your...
If you are curious about whether or not you could benefit from therapy, there’s one way to tell for sure: Are you breathing? Great. You need therapy. All joking aside, all of us benefit from therapy at one point or another. No matter who you are or what you have, the...
For many, the prospect of therapy – of having to open up and share your deepest most vulnerable self with a stranger – is terrifying. In fact, fear is cited as one of the main reasons many people who could benefit from therapy opt out, instead. However, the key to...
