Hi friend, As a therapist, I see grief and loss up close and personal. I watch as clients run their hands across my faux leather chairs, hands faltering as if wanting to hold onto loved ones that will never come back. I listen as they speak about exes, mothers, fathers, or partners as if they can still hear them – even though they’re long gone. I sit in silence as sobs rush out, bringing with them a torrent of sorrow, pain, anger, longing, and love. But I don’t offer hope that things will get...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi friend, Are you tired of struggling with addiction but feel like you’ve already exhausted all of your options? You’ve already tried everything from doctors to psychiatrists to talk therapy to self-help books, but nothing has worked. If this sounds familiar, hypnotherapy could be for you. Despite how powerful hypnotherapy can be, the stigma around it leaves many people skeptical. My client John was one of them. John came to me with a history of chronic substance abuse and an equally long...
16 days ago • 2 min read
Hi friend, Are you tired of struggling with addiction but feel like you’ve already exhausted all of your options? You’ve already tried everything from doctors to psychiatrists to talk therapy to self-help books, but nothing has worked. If this sounds familiar, hypnotherapy could be for you. Despite how powerful hypnotherapy can be, the stigma around it leaves many people skeptical. My client John was one of them. John came to me with a history of chronic substance abuse and an equally long...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Have you ever looked at your life and asked, “Why am I still not enough?” On the outside, it seems like you have it all – wealth, power status – but there’s still something missing. Many of the men I work with describe the same quiet disconnect. Despite their achievements, there’s a lingering sense of “not enough” that refuses to go away. That’s because society tends to reward outward success while ignoring the emotional cost of carrying it all alone. From a young age, men are conditioned to...
26 days ago • 1 min read
It’s easy to tend to physical wounds. For a rash, we use ointment. For a fever or cough, we take and rest. But what about the invisible wounds? The tightness in your chest when you replay that conversation for the hundredth time… The ache in your stomach when you feel you’re failing… The overwhelming shame the moment you make a mistake. That’s your inner critic at work. It’s the little voice inside trying to convince you that you’ll never be enough and never let you move on. So how do you...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi friend, When I was a little kid, writing in my diary was easy. I wrote about what happened in school. What my friends said. Who I liked (or didn’t like). It was a safe ritual that let me unload my day before heading to bed for the night. And I kept up the habit into my adult years. But one day, I opened my journal and realized that today’s entry could have been copied and pasted from yesterday’s. It was the same to-do lists, frustrations, and exhaustion repeated, over and over again....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, There was a time when the idea of going to therapy felt “too scary” for me. So instead, I wrote. Writing was the start of my healing process and became the place where I put everything I didn’t yet know how to say out loud. I would write through the pain, suffering, and trauma over and over again.ima It was my ultimate coping mechanism. However, the first time I experienced the true healing effects of writing came years later, in the early days of the pandemic. Feeling unmoored and...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, Do you feel like you’re constantly trying to mediate inner conflict? Maybe one part of you longs for connection, but another part distances you from others for fear of disappointment. Or one part of you might be begging you to slow down, but another says you can’t because you’ll lose momentum. The constant push and pull is exhausting and frustrating. But it’s not uncommon. That feeling of internal conflict or disagreement is a core concept in handling your parts with Internal...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friend, Winter is my favorite season—not because of the cold, but because of the quiet.It’s the one time of year when the world slows down enough for me to fully inhabit my home, surrounded by good books and my favorite writing tools. I get to luxuriate in stillness. In reflection. In warmth. Lately, I’ve been aching for a creative ritual—something to help me return to the page. The last month and a half has been, frankly, a lot: family gatherings 500 miles away, speaking gigs, and a...
2 months ago • 1 min read