I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me My baby won’t stop staring at me. This isn’t literally true, but it feels like it. You see, Vincent and I (Laura) gifted ourselves a canvas photo of our son Jesse for Christmas. When we decided on size, we went a little...
What I’ve Learned About Myself from the Temptation of Jesus
Hunger When I (Laura) get hungry enough, I get “hangry.” If I allow myself to get to this point, I feel like I start slipping up. I get snappy with my loved ones, I’m not as focused on the tasks at hand, and let’s just say this little light...
Why Therapy Doesn’t Work
The yellow jacket nest that I (Laura) mowed over was not forgiving. After trying to carefully manicure the grass around my little rock garden, I made the mistake of bumping one of the rocks with my pushmower, exposing the unseen entrance to the nest and mowing over the top....
Coping with Grief and Loss During the Holidays
I’m in a curious place this holiday season. It’s hard to know what to feel. Over the course of sixteen months I’ve had two miscarriages and I (Laura) am currently pregnant for a third time. It’s not like there is a lot of literature out there about...
New To the Mooresville Area? What You Need to Do to Feel Like Part of the Community
Feeling left out feels awful. When you feel like you don’t know anyone and that no one cares about you, it is incredibly isolating, lonely, and overwhelming. Being a part of “something” is a desire of the human condition. Madeleine L’Engle addresses this concept in the novel...
From Fairy Godmother To Medicine Man: What Is a Counselor?
Going to a counselor can be helpful, but it can also be disappointing for some. Years of sitting across from struggling and hurting clients have taught me so much about the counseling process. I (Laura) think that some of the greatest disappointments in the counseling...
Seven Signs You May Be In A Toxic Friendship
Songs have been written about them, a tv show is named after them, and we all need them: friends. Friends are our cheerleaders, adopted family members and our social network. For some people, however, friendships can be exhausting, angering, and unhealthy. The very definition of friend is...
Eleven Ways Parents Sabotage Their Kids’ Future & How To Stop
It’s almost a daily occurrence; I hear “My child will not do his homework! I have to sit on him to get it done!” Another variation of this is, “She is great at school, but when she’s home…that’s a different story!” These days, parents are on high...
Five Things Your Kids Need To See You Do
Selfishness and entitlement seem to have become a prominent character trait of many children AND adults today. As a therapist, I believe some of this results from misplaced priorities in parenting, and even in trying to shield our children from perceived harm. Character development starts...
Three Unconventional Ways You Can Boost Your Confidence Today
A few decades of promoting increased self-esteem, pop psychology’s answer to all that ails society, has led to the converse. People seem to feel more disillusioned with themselves and life now more than ever before. If rewarding us with trophies, medals, or cheeseburgers every time we do...
