It was a perfect Sunday afternoon. NFL Redzone was on. I was relaxed. Life was good.

My son David, his wife K'leigh, and my grandson Remington had been visiting The Woodlands, TX and were supposed...

"I set a boundary with my husband, but he's not respecting it!"

Maria was frustrated. She had been reading books on boundaries, attending workshops, working with a therapist. She was doing everyth...

"I don't know who I am if I'm not helping him."

Jennifer sat in my office, fidgeting with her wedding ring. Her husband had finally gotten into recovery after years of her interventions, ultimatum...

When Helping Becomes Playing God: The Spiritual Truth About Letting Go

"But I'm supposed to help! Isn't that what Christians do?"

Lisa had been praying for her husband's transformation for fifteen y...

The exhausting truth about control, and why letting go is the most powerful thing you can do

Rachel came to see me after 15 years of marriage, completely exhausted.

"I've tried everything," she...

The hidden reason you can't think your way to freedom—and why surrender is more powerful than self-effort

"I just need to try harder."

That's what Jennifer told me during our first session. She...

The 90-in-90 That Saved My Life (And Why Consistency Beats Perfection)

How admitting I'd never done anything for 90 straight days became the foundation for finding freedom through Christ

"Are you ...

Why being the "helper" and "expert" might be masking deeper wounds—and what to do when your success feels hollow

From the outside, Marcus had it all figured out.

Successful business owner. Beau...

The hidden reason talk therapy isn't enough—and why healing trauma requires more than just changing your thoughts

"I've done years of therapy," Lisa told me during our first session. "I've proce...

Why emotional shutdown isn't a character flaw—it's your nervous system trying to protect you (and what to do about it)

The phone stopped ringing in August 2019.

Not because people stopped calli...

Breaking the generational cycles that turn homes into battlefields—and teaching your kids what healthy conflict actually looks like

I was sitting in my graduate psychology class when the profess...

The hidden neurological reason intelligent, motivated couples keep having the same explosive fights—and what to do about it

Sarah and David sat across from me in my office, both exhausted and co...