How to Support Your Trans Partner
Happy Pride Month! I really wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate my husband Lucas. For those of you who are new here (hi!), three years ago, he came out as trans (ftm). I thought it would be…
6 Tips For Relationships After Gaslighting
I’ve talked about how I’ve struggled with my relationships after gaslighting. When I met my husband, I wouldn’t say that I was 100% ready for a new relationship. In hindsight, there were many things that I still had…
The Circle of Control: With Family
Have you heard about the Circle of Control? In the 1980s, Stephen Covey created the concept of a Circle of Concern and a Circle of Influence. The Circle of Concern contains things we care about but can’t control….
Are You Breaking Toxic Cycles?
When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the only answer I had to that was “Not my mom.” She wasn’t a bad mom but she did have a lot of trouble…
A New Level of Grief
When I created my workbook on grief I think it had been a little over a year since my mom had died. I had spent so long working on my mental health and learning coping skills but none…
The Sunk Cost Fallacy + Relationships
I talked about this a few days ago on my Facebook page and I was surprised that a lot of people didn’t realize that there was a word for this thing that we humans do. Sunk cost fallacy….
