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What is your Attachment Style?
Your Attachment Style Impacts Your Relationships By: Giselle Armantrout Have you have ever been in a relationship that has left you feeling unfulfilled or stressed?
Boundaries in Families
What are they, and why are they so important? Boundaries are often talked about, and frequently misunderstood. Boundaries in families are like the checkpoints along
SmartPhones & Teen Girls
The Love/Hate Relationship between Smartphones and Teen-Girls By: Giselle Armantrout Picture this – your teen girl receives a normal-looking friend request on Instagram from someone
Couples and Marriage Counseling in New Orleans
Thinking of Couple’s Counseling? While there are lots of great counselors, therapists, social workers, psychologists, and other helping professionals in the New Orleans area, not
Trauma & Relationships
Don’t Let Your Trauma Define You or Your Relationship Trauma can be defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience in one’s past, which can
Why are relationships so hard?
Recently I asked everyone in our office the above question. These are the responses I got… Michael Waldrip: Every couple in their Present relationship
Addiction & Connection
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety… the opposite of addiction is connection” -Johann Hari https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari
Mindsight
Want to connect with your spouse? I’ve recently become kind of a neurology nerd, particularly in the area of how our brains function in relationship
Distracted Parenting…
Distracted Parenting… Can We Be More Present? By: Giselle Armantrout Is your phone a distraction? We see this scenario played out everyday everywhere! Mothers &
Love and Suffering: The Road Most Travelled
What every couple knows…. by: Michael Waldrip The ideal of romantic love is of very recent origin in the world. Romantic love is the dominant