“People are hard to hate up close. Move in.”- Brené Brown In my practice, I talk a LOT about gratitude. Sometimes I find myself in a...

Suicide is a word that gets everyone’s attention. It’s a word that evokes fear, despair, helplessness, and anger to many people. To those...

What are rainbow babies?  They are the babies that are born to a mother after she faces miscarriage or stillbirth. 

My family was thrown for another loop this week. Last week I sent my high school kids back on hybrid schedule and my elementary school...

It's designed to use your body and pressure points to help jolt you out of your head or dissociations into your body and feeling grounded

Alexa talks about emotional courage and reads Ibex (slumberking) by Kelly Oriard with Collie Christensen. #empathy #socialemotionallearning

TIPP is a coping strategy that we can use to take us out of our fight/flight/freeze mode

“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is...

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old.  They grow old because they quit playing.”- Oliver Windell Holmes How many times has...

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ― Marcus Aurelius In our country today, it surely feels like we are...

This is the final installment of the three part series focusing on anger.  I believe, given the current social and interpersonal climate,...

While the feelings are natural, how we express and process that feeling can have unwanted consequences.

Anger is a feeling that everyone experiences. We spend time with anger in all of our developmental stages. If you have ever been around a...

As a general rule, I believe the best of humanity.  Humans have a large capacity for love and respect and empathy.  When we show the...

As a therapist I was very familiar with how trauma works and what to expect. However, I still felt like I could lose my grip.

Lady, you are the expert on your own family and I want to see you really acknowledge that. I see so many mamas have forgotten who they are.

These are some trying times to be sure. We have had to make multiple life adjustments to cope with a complete reorganization of our work...

So you’re ready to begin therapy but the whole planet is closed. Mental health care doesn't stop because the offices are temporarily...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If May is anything like March and April this year, it will be a doozy and we are sure to see...

Obviously not all teenagers feel the same way about anything really.  They're not a monolith, It’s unfair to think that each individual...