by TeamMurrieta | Nov 29, 2022 | Childhood Trauma, Family Therapy, Feeling better, Parenting, Quality of life, Relationship, self care, Self-esteem, Stress, Support
The Mother Wound: A Foundation of Pain by Alexia Harris, AMFT Issues with our parents are often considered normal; the urge to assert our independence can sometimes clash with our parents’ duties to care for us. But what happens when our parents, specifically our...
by TeamMurrieta | May 20, 2022 | Mothers, Parenting, Quality of life
It’s no secret that working moms are no strangers to stress. We have to balance the expectations of our workplaces, home, friends and family, and at the same time cope with the emotional rollercoaster of anxiety, guilt, frustration, joy, and all other emotions that...
by TeamMurrieta | Mar 11, 2022 | Parenting, self care
The last couple of years have been stressful, and not knowing when or maybe I should say if this pandemic will ever go away has caused ever greater stress. A recent research study in the Journal of Clinical Medicine entitled, Anxiety in Older Adolescents at the Time...
by TeamMurrieta | Feb 11, 2022 | Family Therapy, Parenting
Parenting . . . the struggle is real. The best parents want to fulfill the needs of their children. Do they realize that means the psychological needs to be seen, feel safe, secure and soothed when it’s needed? Possibly. Some parents appear more natural than others....
by TeamMurrieta | Jan 28, 2022 | Parenting, self care
No one ever expects to raise their grandchildren. When we’re young parents we envision becoming grandparents who have play dates with their grandchildren, pick them up on Friday’s at school, spoil them a bit too much… hopes much like those run through our minds. Yet,...
by TeamMurrieta | Dec 24, 2021 | Family Therapy, Mindfulness, Parenting, Relationship, self care
Many of us are quite familiar with the word codependency. We often associate it with someone who is “needy”. Or one who relies on others to do every day life. In reality, codependency is far more than just relying on others; it is a maladaptive way of maintaining...
