Brene Brown is one of my favorite people that I have never met, but am sure we would be best friends if we ever did meet. She is a solid resource for me and other counselors I know in regards to shame, feelings of guilt, vulnerability… and my favorite, “Foreboding Joy.” If you have not […]

“Love your neighbor as yourself,” (Mark 12:30-31 NIV) is a well-known scripture. It usually is in common with “love your enemies,” and is followed by forgiveness. Most times, when this scripture is bandied about, it’s focus is on the other person… the neighbor. But when I think of this scripture, I think about “yourself.” This […]

I am currently struggling with something that I know many people feel. Clients tell me all the time that they “don’t feel heard.” Either as a child, they didn’t feel heard by their parents, or in a relationship, they don’t feel heard by their partner. It happens to all of us. When it happens to […]