Tag: Mental-Health
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Empowering Yourself: The Power of Choice
During my marriage, we decided to take a parenting class to help manage our son. In case you are new to my blog, my son was diagnosed with ADHD and a Mood Disorder at 5yrs old. Before he reached elementary school he had already been kicked out of six (6) pre-schools. I have an immense…
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Emotional Resilience for HSPs Facing Job Rejections
The job market today is like watching a season of The Bachelor. If you are unemployed and have been struggling to find a role you may understand why I compare the rose ceremony with today’s job market. You can have stellar interviews, provide immpeccible references and still not receive an offer or “rose”. And if…
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Parallel Parenting: An Option for High-Conflict Relationships
I didn’t know what Parallel Parenting was until my therapist recommended “The Parallel Parenting Solution, Eliminate Conflict with Your Ex, Create the Life You Want” by Carl Knickerbocker, JD. My divorce was still new and fresh like a wall of smelly paint. And I was desperately trying to find help, ideally, a roadmap to help…
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Overcoming Fear: Advocating for Yourself in Difficult Situations
Its taken me some time to formulate my thoughts for this post. Yesterday, I made the decision to initiate an “income withholding order”. My ex is nearing 3 months behind in child support payments. For 2 years now, I’ve let it slide. Occasionally I would sheepishly ask, afraid to confront him and eventually move on.…
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How ‘Unmothered’ Traits Shape Adult Relationships
Most of us are sleep walking through our adult lives, repeating patterns of abusive behavior. Whether it’s intentional or unintentional, self inflicted or towards others, we’re on auto-pilot unaware of what we do. This is pretty easy to do especially when we’ve had a very good teacher… Mother. What is “Unmothered”? Google defines “Unmothered” as…
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My Moroccan Story: an attempt to heal before Divorce
Three years ago today, I embarked on a trip that would forever change my life. Trips can have that affect, especially if you’re on the brink of a complete transformation. My transformation was unfolding slowly and painfully in real time. I was in the process of separating from my husband after 20 years of marriage.…
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Navigating Co-Parenting with Boundaries: Protecting the City “YOU”
On Friday I received a long winded text from my ex. I’ve become immune to these messages, like nails on a chalkboard that I seldom if ever immediately open them. However, I knew at quick glance this was gonna be a “test”.
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Healing from Childhood Trauma: Emotional Abuse vs Neglect
I don’t think as parents we truly know nor understand how our actions can have a lasting impact on our children’s lives. I didn’t give my childhood much thought until I went into therapy. I mostly kept it locked away, like Pandora’s Box, afraid to open, fearful of letting out something which I would not…
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From Rage to Calm: Transforming Parenting Habits
Yesterday was my son’s birthday. Preston turned a mighty 14 years old! Watching him blow out his candles reminded me of all the years that have passed, the funny moments and not so funny moments. His first set of stitches or his first in school suspension, and there were quite a few of those, can…
