Back to School: Ready or Not Here It Comes!

Preparing for a new routine, especially one as daunting as the start of the school year, can come with a lot of pressure. The pressure to be perfectly acquainted with the responsibilities of getting yourself and your children up at earlier times and sending them into...

College is My Time! Right?

No matter who you are and how well prepared you feel about college, the transition can feel daunting. Starting college as a Freshman or transfer student brings up concerns and worries around what classes will be like, the friends you’ll make, how you’ll...

Own Your Part- It Does Matter

It’s easy to place blame and deflect responsibility when something doesn’t go our way. We might point fingers at others, overlooking anything we’ve done that may have contributed. Though it may seem like an easier solution in the short-term, avoiding...
Do Blended Families Ever Work?

Do Blended Families Ever Work?

A blended family is a family formed from a relationship where partners make a life together and one or both of them include children they have from a previous relationship. The process of forming a new, blended family can be both a rewarding and challenging...
Coping with Stressful Transitions

Coping with Stressful Transitions

Changes can sometimes be great and welcome and at other times feel catastrophic. Life transitions impact us externally and internally throughout our lives. Coping with these life transitions depends on how we are feeling about ourselves, our life, and where we see...