Posted: July 28, 2026
Family. That word can either conjure positive memories and warm feelings or signal an impending sense of doom. Family members can be your first friends, your best cheerleaders, your shoulder to cry on and more. But there are times when we become so entangled in...
Posted: November 12, 2022
As young people, we learn to interact with others based on how our family members interact with each other. Once these communication patterns become established in our young minds, it’s hard to change them as adults. This means that any relational patterns that include angry...
Posted: November 11, 2022
When our loved ones are struggling and in pain, it can be very difficult to know what to do to help them. Seeing friends and family in an abusive relationship can be particularly challenging. We just “want to shake them” and have them see what...
Posted: November 6, 2022
A wedding is a special celebration of two lives coming together as one. It is a time to drink and be merry, and to look forward to many years of wedded bliss. Planning that wedding, however, can be a real nightmare when everyone is chiming...
Posted: September 28, 2022
Many of us grew up in households that were dysfunctional, where boundaries between parents and adults were blurred in unhealthy ways. Emotional incest is not of a sexual nature, but it does describe unhealthy emotional interactions between adults and children that are psychologically inappropriate. What...