Grief and the Holidays

Grief and the Holidays

The holiday season is a difficult time for many people.  It does not always bring tidings of comfort and joy but of regret, sorrow and loss.  For those who have experienced loss they feel the pain and grief of that loss particularly at the Holidays. Grief is a normal...
Changing Behavior – Part II

Changing Behavior – Part II

The Belief Check In (BCI) identifies what is motivating our behaivors and changes the ones that are maladaptive in our life. The first part of the BCI helps us identify feelings and the core beliefs they are attached too.  We find freedom when we are able to make...
Changing Behavior

Changing Behavior

Changing Behavior – Belief Systems Therapy Life is made up of experiences and the conclusions we draw from them. Emotions attached to repeated and similar experiences forms beliefs. If the meaning we give these experiences is grounded in what is not true, then...
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa

Over the holiday’s I heard the classic Christmas song “I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”  The original recording by Jimmy Boyd was recorded on July 15, 1952 when he was 13 years old.  The song describes a scene where a child walks downstairs on Christmas Eve to see...