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Sometimes we may simply need another point of view, an angle that we may not be able to see on our own.

I love helping people uncover behavior patterns or negative perceptions that are likely holding them back from a better reality.

02/16/2026

You don’t need to communicate more.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 - you might not know how and that’s ok. That’s a skill you can both learn.

Sometimes less is more and quite often it’s all about lowering your defensive posture. “𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 - 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈!”

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧: 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. That’s something you want to focus on and improve.

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02/12/2026

The year was 1936 and John Steinbeck finally finished writing his masterpiece “Of Mice and Men”. He put the finished manuscript on the table and went out to unwind. When he returned, he discovered that his dog Toby decided to eat the fresh manuscript for dinner - and it was John’s only copy (he forgot to save a copy on his computer, and actually didn’t have a computer...)

Steinbeck didn’t rage, he didn’t punish Toby; he sat down and within the next 30 days, he wrote a new, sharper, better copy of the book, the one that we know today.

He definitely could have raged, he certainly could have blamed the dog. He could have blamed the circumstances, get mad at the world and give up… 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

It’s not about what happens to you.
It’s about what you decide to do next.
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.

02/08/2026

She might be on thin ice, and she knows that many things 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍. It could break or it might not…

But anxiety isn’t running the show. She’s not living in WHAT IF. You can see it, she is living in WHAT IS. It’s not about pretending danger doesn’t exist. It’s about not letting fear steal the present moment before anything has actually happened.

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02/06/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭.

Sorry to break the news to you. Sure, you act as an adult most of the time, but when you feel threatened, criticized, or hurt, you’re reacting as the version of you that was first hurt. All the way back then, when you’re were still a child.

That moment wired a response. It is so helpful to realize & deal with that! Because all it is - unfinished emotional development.

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01/27/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐈𝐧?

No, don’t tell me New Jersey or New York. I mean your emotional state.

Most people come to therapy because they don’t like how they feel and want that feeling to change. But before we try to change anything, there’s something important to understand.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 we’ve been living in for a long time. Even when it isn’t so great, it becomes familiar. It becomes normal. And eventually, we don’t even remember what it feels like to feel differently.

Before change, there has to be understanding. You can’t change an emotional state unless you fully recognize and acknowledge it.

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01/22/2026

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲? - 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥!

What if a tiny change, a simple adjustment, could make that awkward introduction feel softer and less contradictory?

The specific words we choose make all the difference in how we’re received in the moment. Sometimes, to ease a conversation and help others feel at ease, all it takes is a better word…

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01/20/2026

A short excerpt from my conversation with a top influencer Rachel Beck - sharing some tips on mental health wellness & balance.

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01/18/2026

𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧...

What is anger, really? Is it just uncontrolled rage?
Let me tell you - hardly so, not at all.

When we only teach people to “control” anger, we’re often teaching repression. While that may work temporarily, it doesn’t resolve what’s underneath.

Real change happens when we ask a different question…
Because anger was never the actual problem — it was just the messenger.

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01/13/2026

𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐋𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮?

Do you trust your brain? After all, it’s a fact-seeking machine, always objective, always logical, telling us only the truth. Sure, except it’s quite the opposite.

Our brain’s primary role is protection, not truth. It looks for familiarity. It confirms patterns you already believe.
It fills in gaps quickly, even when it’s wrong.

And so your first reaction may often be emotional or biased.
The skill to learn is not to silence that first thought. It is only to question it. And to trust your second thought a great deal more.

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01/09/2026

“𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.”

This woman said, “I’ve been married for a year and I can’t take it anymore. I can’t do this.”

I decided to go an untraditional, unorthodox route and instead of pushing back, I actually agreed with her… but then I decided to add one more idea that changed everything:

“𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.”

She was stunned. Even angry. But later realized that it
made her pause. Reflect. Re-examine things.

To me, this is what it’s all about.

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01/07/2026

A little hard to read, but this captures a core truth: life is a constant flow, not a fixed state of “good” or “bad,” and accepting and always remembering this concept helps us navigate its ups and downs. Not reacting too negatively to those downs and not overly rejoicing in those ups.

As one unknown (to me) philosopher said a few thousand years ago: “The only constant in life is change.” In a more modern language, resistance to change causes suffering, while embracing it allows for growth and appreciation.

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