We don’t get to pick our families. And, sometimes the family we have is just not what we want.

How would a little boy learn that it was good to express intimacy and affection if his own father could not? Answer: A little boy would not.

“The problem with verbal abuse is there is no evidence,” Marta shared. She came for help with a long-standing depression.

By educating himself on emotions and how the brain is affected by childhood adversity, Mike learned that everyone struggled.

I suspected Robert’s sudden question about normalcy had to do with his new relationship. Love renders us vulnerable to rejection. We natural

Many of us as children or adolescents shared our feelings with the “wrong” person - someone whose response was to humiliate or reject us.

"We hide by avoiding things that will change us...We hide by asking for reassurance. We hide by letting someone else speak up and lead."

All of us use defenses to avoid emotions. In fact, defenses are developed for precisely that reason—to avoid painful feelings.

Men don't typically feel free to be emotionally honest and authentically vulnerable for many good reasons.