Shame and guilt most often go together hand in hand and are usually attached to things we feel will allow others to judge us and find us unworthy. The seeds that grow into shame are planted within us at an early age. As a child, we look at the world and decide who we are…

I have always found it challenging that almost all of the popular literature on divorce vilifies women. This baffles me because scholarly research does not focus on gender in divorce. When examining why divorce happens, we do not take a gendered approach because researchers know that is reductive. Dividing divorce by gender denies that men…

As a therapist, I have a lot of conversations that center around the theme of prioritizing oneself. I own that I often fall into old habits that put me at the bottom of my own to do list. Putting yourself first often just feels wrong or impossible. On any given day, I can find least…