When You’re Successful at Work but Failing at Love

When You’re Successful at Work but Failing at Love

.Successful you struggle with relationships. One of the main reasons this occurs is that the skills that drive career success—competitiveness, emotional detachment, and relentless goal-pursuit—can actually damage intimate connections.  Here’s a deeper look at...
Why Do Some People Never Grow or Change?

Why Do Some People Never Grow or Change?

 You know that person. That one individual who refuses to change their destructive ways. Even when it’s obvious to everyone else how much better their life could be if they did. Then, there’s that person whose life looks exactly the same now as it did 20 years ago....
Why Therapy Over Summer Vacation is Best for Your Child

Why Therapy Over Summer Vacation is Best for Your Child

Summer is the perfect time to get your child into therapy. If your kiddo is struggling, or if your family life feels chaotic, the summer months are ideal for getting back on track. What better time than fall to turn over a new leaf and start the school year off on the...
Managing the Different Parts of Us

Managing the Different Parts of Us

 We all face multiple decisions throughout the day. Go for a run, or plop on the couch with popcorn and the remote instead? Eat the leftovers in the fridge, or slide through the In-N-Out drive thru? Order an Americano, or get that Caramel Frappuccino? In those...
The Difference Between a Therapist and a Life Coach

The Difference Between a Therapist and a Life Coach

There is a colossal difference between a therapist and a life coach, yet it’s easy to still confuse the two. Life coaches are everywhere, promising to help you get out of a rut and grow into the person you were meant to become. As tempting as this sounds, if you’re...
Are You a Fixer?

Are You a Fixer?

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...