

We're All Learning
By Lauren Shaw, PhD Last week I was having one of the mornings. Those mornings where everyone is up early and the noises aren’t exactly...


The Inner Monologue
By Lauren Shaw, PhD Not long ago I was emailing back and forth with a dear friend who lives far away. We were writing each other every...


Without Apology
By Lauren Shaw, Ph.D. I am pretty sure that I cried every day for most of my first year of graduate school. Well, maybe I took off a few...


Going Through
By Lauren Shaw, Ph.D. One of my favorite children’s books is “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” by Michael Rosen. The story tells of a father...


Love Without Words
By Brad Olson, Psy.D.,M.Div. Sarah couldn’t wait to move away to college, and when she did, she moved far away. It was her relationship...


Downhill Marriage
Brad Olson, Psy.D., M.Div. They disappeared into the blizzard snow ahead of me. The last thing I heard was the sound of my two friends...


The Soil of Relationships
By Brad Olson, Psy.D.,M.Div. That Vining Clematis by the garage just didn’t look as nice as the neighbors. Theirs had more blossoms.......