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Most of us have a tendency to oversimplify the myriad of emotions we feel throughout the day into four categories: happy, sad, “meh”, and mad. When asked by a colleague how we’re doing, we often reply, [...]

“Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky, It had the one long horn, and one big eye, I commenced to shakin' and I said ‘Ooh-eee’ It looks like a purple people eater [...]

We continue to celebrate National Recovery Month throughout September. However, not all of us are in recovery ourselves. Some of us may only know someone who is, or have been touched by addiction in some [...]

Meet my friend, Jeff. Jeff works for a local power utility company in Central Indiana as a lineman, and he’s great at his job. Outside of work, Jeff is a loving husband and dad, a [...]

Do you ever feel like you just don’t measure up? You “try your best,” as your parents encourage you to do. You strive for those As and A+’s in school. You obsess about that shot you missed at [...]

Many of us have a difficult time living in the present moment. We spend a lot of time preoccupied with thoughts about the past or with thoughts about the future. Oftentimes, these thoughts are accompanied [...]

Most of us – if not all of us – can relate to feeling stressed out and overwhelmed at times. Specifically, in today’s fast-paced, often confusing, ever-changing world, we often struggle to focus and process our [...]

During the holiday seasons of my childhood, I can still remember every extended family member and family-friend gasping the words, “Oh you’re just growing up so fast, young man! Where’s the time gone? I remember when you [...]

When thinking about divorce, we often imagine everything two people are going through when separating – dividing up assets, custody battles, and continual conflict. Divorce is hard on adults, no question. But how does it affect [...]

When I am feeling particularly bummed out, for whatever reason, I sometimes have a tendency to gravitate towards surroundings that don’t make me feel better. For example, I find myself scrolling my phone for an [...]

Have you ever wondered WHY certain things have happened in your life? Why you may have certain feelings, use certain strategies to cope, or think certain things? Well, turns out your environment may have a lot to [...]

Most us think of nature or of the home we live in when we consider what our “environment” is. However, our true environments are made up of so much more than this. Furthermore, our environments [...]

There is not a soul on this earth that chose the family they were born into. Some of us have warm feelings about our blood relatives, while others of us feel like we simply cannot [...]

“I’m just so stupid.” “No matter how much I practice I’m still terrible.” “I’m so ugly.” Parents and caregivers, sound familiar? If these are phrases you often hear uttered from your teenager, chances are you’re not [...]

I probably lost some of you with the title already, didn’t I? There are few things as uncomfortable as setting boundaries with the people that we know best or that know us best. Boundary conversations [...]