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Hey everyone. It's Susan, and I wanted to just offer you something at the end of my day here... 

I run about 5 or 6 groups per week. I love groups. They’re so inspiring to me and I am always jotting down things that I want to talk about and revisit. 

One of the things that came up today was about how people are changing their relationship with their strong feelings -- and they’re meditating more. They’re trying to take space and just be with themselves and explore...

My clients have been asking for a little more support around things they're telling me they’re struggling with, such as dealing with new co-parenting challenges and the impact on their relationship, keeping their relationships strong while spending so much extra time together, and finding a way to work on themselves during this time.

So, I invited back one of my colleagues, Robert Terris JD, MFT, who also specializes in working with people dealing with problems within their family. In...

The power of words... Is it possible to use this power and imagery to heal and find peace in this moment?

My guest, Shantini Rajah, believes it is and has developed a whole program around it. 

Shantini is an Intuitive Expression Coach, Creative Copywriting Expert, and Energy Practitioner. She believes great writing is brave writing and deep healing, abundance, and fulfillment arise when you can create from a place of wholeness – your Shadow and your Light. 

In this interview,...

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Though we're starting to come out of sheltering-in-place more and more each day, the effects are still very much with us. Many families are still trying to deal with the lockdown and the many feelings that came up during this unusual time together. 

So, I invited back one of my colleagues, Chelsea Owens, LMFT, who specializes in Psychotherapy & Art Therapy with Adults, Adolescents, and Children. In this talk, we discuss how (because the normal challenges around...

I’m noticing that there are so many decisions that we are having to make during this time of COVID-19.

Folks in my groups are talking about how taxing it is on their relationships when they’re having to deal with their friends, family, and partner in order to come to a consensus about how to interpret and adhere to the guidelines around COVID-19. They're having to face some difficult decisions.

Not only that -- but with more time and fewer distractions, they...

Money has various meanings for people. For many, it can mean security, and, right now, that desire for financial security is being threatened for millions of people and it’s causing a lot of fear, worry, and anxiety.

We all need to work internally with our fear and stress response so that we can stay flexible and make the best decisions possible in this fast-changing and unpredictable climate. We are all being affected (with some in more painful ways than others,...

Here are four tips that I've recently been focusing on with my clients.

They’re pretty general, but I think they really work.

1.) Identify Your Triggers.

This 25-minute talk addresses several topics related to Parenting During a Pandemic, and most of these extend outside of the current situation as well. 

Whether you're in a single-parenting, double-parenting or co-parenting situation, these resources and information may be relevant and helpful for you.

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Hello,

I've been working with so many clients who are struggling with the new challenges, (amidst the COVID-19 situation) around keeping their children safe, healthy and happy...

In my groups this week, we're talking about how our mental capacity is at half-mast, with people having a hard time remembering what they’re supposed to do -- let alone which day it is.

So... to help to manage that, you may want to have some way of labeling where you are, right now, emotionally (and, perhaps, where you'd like to be). Take a look.

I always like to understand where I am.

Where are you (emotionally)?

I hope you’re all finding sanity and strength during this challenging time. I wanted to share with you some of the new challenges I’m seeing my clients (who are in a co-parenting arrangement) facing currently. For those of you who are struggling with similar (or other) challenges related to co-parenting in the escalated situation, I hope this will help you to find your way through this new territory.

I’ve been speaking with many co-parent clients, who are facing new and...