It’s the holidays and everyone is supposed to be happy, joyful, and merry, so why do you feel a touch of the ‘humbug’ coming on?  Mainly it comes down to focus. Holidays are NOT about Black Friday fights for stuff, Aunt Susie’s bad attitude, or what gifts go under the tree. It’s about thankfulness. “Now our…

On another note… I was excited this last weekend because I was able to speak at a men’s retreat for New Life Christian Center in Turlock, CA at Camp Chinquapin.  I was able to offer two breakout sessions on Dealing with Anxiety.  God has shown me over the years how a seemingly small issue like anxiety makes people…

Some call it ‘baggage’, others refer to ‘the dark years of my life’, but no matter what you call it, we all have times from the past that we wish could have played out differently. Sometimes in therapy I have to delve into some of those issues due to the consequences played out in the…

At 16 years of age I had a car, it was an El Camino. Yeah I know. It worked fine, got me from A to B, but… it was average and slow. I was sure it was the reason behind all of my social limitations. So in typical teen fashion I became discontent with my…