Parenting, Teens, therapist
Last month I wrote a blog titled 5 Tips for Picking a Therapist for Your Teen. It published 7 days ago, and three days after that, I got a text from a dear friend that went something like this: “…Why is it so ^%$##!!!! hard to find a therapist for my...
depression, Family, health, Parenting, suicide
Connection. Closeness. Joy. Laughter. Rest. Abundance. At Restoring Relationships, we’re starting to talk about how we yearn for these things, and how the holidays can be so painful because yearning is NOT the same as experiencing. We’re talking about how,...
Family, gratitude, Parenting, vulnerability
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it brings to mind a story of gratitude. I remember taking my then sixteen-year-old on an international journey two years ago. Out of my husband and I, I had drawn what was considered by most to be the “long straw” -the chosen...
health, Parenting, substance use, Teens, Uncategorized, vaping
A text came in as I was leaving work: “I’m worried about Caleb*. He was caught vaping by a teacher and was suspended. If that wasn’t bad enough, his grades have been slipping and now he can’t play in the next basketball game because...
