Making sense of ‘extreme behavior’ in Teens, Tweens, and Young Adults

I recently had a therapist who’s worried about her teen client. This client spends most waking hours under her covers. She dropped out of the school play, two sports, and stopped going out with friends. She mentioned another young client that gets so angry playing video games he’s broken two Xbox controllers, a tv, and […]

Trauma vs The Human Spirit: We’re All Born with the Drive to Survive

Today I’m sharing something I wrote for a young client that’s in the hospital right now. He’s been terrorized by a recent and very severe traumatic event. Unable to have a phone or Zoom call, I decided to write something to him. I share it here because after reading it, I realized almost every client […]

Clarity and Enthusiasm: All You Need to Get Started

If you’ve ever started a business, moved somewhere new, or made a big life change, there’s always a moment at the very beginning when you first hatched the idea. Some of those ideas come together right away, and sometimes they need time, months or years even, to gestate, take shape, or wait until their time […]

Two Keys For Success In Any Relationship

One of the most destructive sources of friction for couples is the little stuff. Not the big stuff. The little stuff. People can unknowingly start to anticipate, track and fester over their partner’s habits – he’s messy, she interrupts me, he thinks he knows everything… Those little habits are harmless on their own. But when […]

Quarantine, Close Quarters, and Getting Along with your Teen

Parenting is a funny thing. We clearly have the instincts for it because chickens and sloths do it without the help of books, blogs and coaches (that we know of). And yet so many people find it to be the hardest thing they’ve ever done. One of the reasons is that there’s no formula. The […]

The Heart of Parenting (with guest Dr. George Pransky)

For this webinar I teamed up with my former business partner of 20 years, Dr. George Pransky, the founder of Pransky and Associates. I wanted to share George’s 30 years of clinical experience working with teens and parents with all of you. But what REALLY made me want to present with George is this: in […]