The Bridge Across Blog
Thank you, Hope and Healing Center!
Had a great time speaking this past Wednesday at Hope and Healing Center about dealing with high conflict people in your family or workplace. Thank you to everyone who came! Hope and Healing Center has more events coming up, so feel free to check them out at...
Don’t. Give. Up. (especially when you want to)
I know, I know. It's hard. Life gives you stuff you are pretty sure is a giant mistake and you shouldn't have to be dealing with it. But there it is anyway. When moments (days, weeks, months or years) like that happen, here are three ways to pick yourself up and move...
I Got in Trouble. Didn’t You?
At the beginning of my First Grade year, I got into trouble. I was talking too much (imagine that?), and the teacher made me stand with my face in the corner. I had never gotten in trouble in school and was ashamed. Something about standing in the...
Stop Missing Out on Life to Avoid Discomfort
“It’s not fear that makes our lives narrow and small – it’s avoidance.” - Harriet Lerner In 2005, I attended a conference in South Carolina and had the privilege of hearing Harriet Lerner, author of multiple books including The Dance of Anger and Fear and Other...
Managing High-Stress, Ongoing Situations
I focus on helping people through crisis and conflict. This summer, I did some training to learn how to specifically help individuals develop resiliency and process trauma that they are going through, especially when they don't yet feel safe. You know, when we talk...
Know (and Protect) Your Rights When it Comes to Your Kids and School
One of the hardest parts about co-parenting is when you want to co-parent but the other parent doesn't. That is especially difficult when you are the parent with less time and less access. In my last post, I talked about the importance of reading your decree to ensure...
Read Your Custody Agreement or Divorce Decree Right Now. Here’s Why.
Over the years, I have learned that it's common for parents who break up to spend loads of time on a custody agreement, sign it, stick in a drawer, and, quite frankly, do their best to forget it. I understand that. I did it myself. It's painful to reduce your life...
Do You Need Help Dealing With High Conflict People?
We all have people in our lives, whether they are family, neighbors, friends or coworkers who love a good argument (or an outright fight). If you need help communicating with a high conflict person, please join me Wednesday, September 18th at noon at the Hope and...
Back to School … Again.
August is full of transitions, specifically with the change of summer break to school. It was always surprising to me how much I looked forward to the summer in May and how I was equally ready for school to start come August. I also know a few Moms and Dads who mourn...
Is It Okay for Boomerang Kids to Move Back Home?
I thought you would enjoy this post from Tim Elmore about how to work with an adult child who is thinking about moving back home after college. I do a lot of work with parents and their adult children and find this article to be spot on!...
