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The Not Your Average Marriage Miniseries. Part III: The Finale

November 29, 2018 by not your average mom 11 Comments

On Tuesday night I shared how my marriage is really messed up, how I was feeling completely hopeless, and what happened to completely change my perspective. On Wednesday night I shared how I did something different, and how for the first time in many, many, many months, my husband and I finally had a good […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: couples counseling, Gottman therapy, habits, marriage, therapy

Cause I Got Issues

July 16, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Every Monday at 1:00 I go to therapy with my husband. We have been seeing the same therapist for over a year now. Since we normally go during the school day, the kids are never around when it’s time to go. Now that it’s summer and the kids are home all the time — ALL […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: destigmatizing mental illness, marriage counseling, mental health, mental illness, therapists, therapy

There Is No Shame In Therapy.

September 20, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I was talking to a mom recently, and she was telling me that her child who is in elementary school was struggling with anxiety and it’s gotten to the point that it’s affecting the child at school so the kid is now seeing a therapist. And the mom seemed kind of scared to admit this […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: anxiety, mental illness, stigma, therapist, therapy

Change needs to start at the bottom.

September 10, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

Last week I was nominated to do the #22Kill push-up challenge. If you are involved in any form of social media, chances are high that you know what it is. I had seen in floating around Facebook. I’ve seen many of my friends doing push-ups. I knew the campaign was to bring awareness to the fact […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: depression, mental illness, PTSD, therapists, therapy

What I learned in therapy yesterday (and 52 things you can do to improve the quality of your marriage)

August 2, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Last night my husband and I went to see a new marriage therapist. Or couples counselor. Or whatever you want to call it. We are approaching twelve years of marriage, and this is the fourth therapist we have seen. Our first therapist was a super nice lady. We liked her. But we both liked her […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: counselor, Father's Day, husband, improving your marriage, marriage, marriage therapists, therapist, therapists, therapy

A Familiar — and Frustrating — Scenario

January 13, 2016 by not your average mom 11 Comments

Here is the scenario: Your whole family is supposed to be at a family function at 6:00 p.m.  You have to leave at 5:45. Your husband is aware of this. This is not the first family function you’ve attended. You’ve been in this situation  dozens of times before. You and your husband both need to take a […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: change, couples, imago, therapy

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