posted: Dec. 13, 2019.

Michelle Caldwell Cheerful children bundling up for days of sledding and snowmen, families preparing for holiday celebrations, and the beautiful frozen trees! Winter can be an opportunity for many to come Read more

posted: Dec. 04, 2019.

Erin Duncan The holiday season can be the most wonderful time of the year. It’s a time to gather with family and friends, a time of giving and receiving, a time Read more

posted: Nov. 20, 2019.

Pete While the changing of seasons can be anticipated for many different reasons - the change from fall to winter brings approaching holidays, after all, but for some people, the colder Read more

posted: Nov. 06, 2019.

Kim Vaicunas This well-meaning phrase has been said to me and many other veterans over the years. I smile and say, thank you, but on the inside, I’m wondering – what Read more

posted: Oct. 24, 2019.

Chelsea Cheney The goal of regulating candy intake this season should be helping kids learn independence and a healthy relationship with food.  Basically, we should be raising adults, not eternal children.   Read more

posted: Sep. 23, 2019.

James Neubauer Summer is such a fun experience for most children that it might become hard for them to go back into the school environment. Most parents may sometimes wonder what Read more

posted: Aug. 13, 2019.

Dean Dirksen “The problem is the problem; the person is not the problem.” - Michael White and David Epston This was a rather revolutionary idea when White and Epston (1990) introduced it Read more

posted: Aug. 09, 2019.

Mariah Ruyle “The most profound thing we can offer our children is our own healing” Anne Lamott I don’t think I am alone in thinking that parenting today can be quite stressful. Read more

posted: Aug. 02, 2019.

Marissa Quint As with the military members and their spouses, children experience special challenges and concerns when their parent is deployed and when their parent returns back home. Younger children tend Read more

posted: Jul. 26, 2019.

Amanda Goslin For many years, I spent 5-6 days a week at the gym- running, using the elliptical, climbing the stairs, and lifting weights. In my younger years, I exercised to Read more

posted: Jul. 18, 2019.

Jesse Valenzuela Love is a universal term that has many different meanings to everyone. What and how we interpret of being loved is different as well. Gary Chapman brought to light Read more

posted: Jul. 12, 2019.

Taylor Breon Eating disorders are serious but treatable mental illnesses. Eating disorders can affect individuals of all different age groups, genders, religions, sexual orientations, etc. The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) Read more

posted: Jul. 05, 2019.

Rachel King “It is not official until it is Facebook official.” These are words I have heard way too often from friends, as well as being words I have also said. Read more

posted: Jun. 21, 2019.

Nikki Nefzger Approximately 10-20% of children experience heightened levels of anxiety, making anxiety the most prevalent childhood disorder (Stulmaker & Ray, 2015).  Some amount of fear and anxiety is expected as Read more

posted: Jun. 17, 2019.

Author: Rebecca Louison Infidelity, in any relationship, is difficult. Current research even links it with symptoms, both emotional and behavioral, similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Snyder, Baucom, & Gordon, 2007; Read more

posted: May 28, 2019.

By: Flora Williams When the thought of grief is mentioned, immediately a person thinks of the death of a person.  Death is a major reason for grief but it is not Read more