My great aunt had a green thumb. Her house was filled with an array of plants. Plants like Venus Fly Trap, Chicken and Hen, Aloe Vera,...

A scene opens and we catch a glimpse of a desperate, co-dependent wife, scrambling to “make” her addict husband sober-up and be the man...

Covid 19 confined us to our homes in 2020 and we’ve been spiraling to gain some sense of normalcy since. One of our greatest fears,...

As a clinician, I have learned the importance of doing family of origin work. It is the key element to unearthing our core beliefs about...

I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with men while serving as the therapist in one of our local detox centers. That all-male group...

If you’ve read some of my earlier posts, than you may have some insight into the process that brought me to my current career choice....

Just when hope appeared on the horizon with news of the arrival of the much-anticipated COVID vaccine, those of us in Tennessee, were...

The 2020 Pandemic has become our new normal in 2021. Although, some have taken upon themselves to declare this year a return to our old...

Years ago, my friends and I started a Gift Basket business where we sold flowers, gift baskets, and balloons. Of course, Valentine’s Day...

Years ago there was a movie entitled The Butterfly Effect. The theory, by the same name, states that the tendency of a complex system is...

There lies an immoral, wicked, sinful thing in all of us. Something vile that set up dwelling unbeknownst to many, making us oblivious to...

In a book entitled a Generous Orthodoxy, Brian D. McLaren describes himself as a missional + evangelical + post-protestant +...

I have always been a fan of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Years ago she interviewed a group of people she determined had earned the title,...

My first job was in a neighborhood beauty slash barber shop where the owner was an eccentric. He would mesmerize clients with his burning...

After twenty plus successful years as a hair salon owner, I began to be pulled in another direction. One Sunday my attention fell on...

Who doesn’t love a bowl of good homemade soup? It warms the body and soothes the soul like good food was designed to do. I remember my...

I was a late-night fan of the television show, Gun Smoke. Matt Dillion was just a cool dude in my mind. If there was a shoot-out going...

Please, Please, Please, begs James Brown in his 1958 release with the Flames. Little did some of us know that we would be crying the...

Opposites Attract or so we tell ourselves when we want to be with that special someone that has totally different goals in life, totally...

I was watching the first episode of the fifth season of This Is Us as Randle explained to his sister Kate that he spent his entire life...