Psychological abuse leads to self criticism, self-doubt, second guessing almost everything you do, second guessing memories or events, increases shame, guilt, and makes you feel unwanted, unloved, unlovable, broken, a shell of a person. Some people experience it as depression, others as anxiety, but when we dig deep…it’s the aftermath of an ongoing, never ending psychological warfare.

Financial abuse is difficult to point out because we live in a society where talking about money has been deemed rude. It’s also difficult, because although we are a “progressive society” we still hold gender roles close to heart, where one person takes charge of finances in the home.

Abuse includes inflicting physical pain, it also includes unwanted intercourse within the partnered couple, and it includes emotional and verbal pain

You and your family have an opportunity for growth and try to do things a little better. You can rebuild that connection that you lost with your teen, just by putting words around that emotion that they couldn’t explain and helping them feel seen.

One of the top goals that I hear from parents in session is “I wish they would communicate with me, and tell me what was going on”. Here's the thing, if we as their parents don’t know how to recognize all the emotions, where are our teens learning it from?

We blame social media for our teens and all the things that they do wrong. Look at how much we look to social media for an answer. I start conversations about the funny tik-tok or start my hair about by showing my hairdresser a pin from pinterest. Whether we like it or not, social media is a part of our lives, for better or for worse.

How do our daughters navigate this chaotic culture? The information and messages they get in a day can be utterly overwhelming with a device in their hand and social media at their fingertips. They have so much competing for their attention….

As a parent all we want to do is protect our kids. We assume that they can’t handle the truth about things, and we cover it up or we don’t give specifics.

In our upcoming Teens Girl Workshop on March 17 2022 at 1-5 PM, we will be learning some cool things. One of those things is trust…

Braving the Wilderness Girl’s Group is designed to give teenage girls a safe space to develop authentic friendships. We are gonna take an afternoon to have fun, get to know each other and understand what trust is…. We are going to learn about tools that help us to discern if someone is trustworthy as well as how to become a trusted friend.

Join us for a discussion on mental health as is pertains to the medical model of care, the venture capitalist model of care, and what quality mental healthcare can look like.

You want to be intimate with your partner, but do not know how because you are so hurt by this affair.