The Counselor Dad

The Tortoise Safety is built on trust and stability. When a family dynamic does not support trust and stability, emotional safety cannot be present. Enter the tortoise. When a tortoise gets scared, what does it do? It retreats into the safety of its shell. This shell is hard and rigid and can...

My mom and dad recently picked up the hobby of doing a puzzle per week together. They frequently go to the local thrift store and purchase slightly used puzzles at a fraction of the cost of new ones. Of course, it is always a gamble as to whether the puzzles have all the pieces. So, what does...

When I was a kid, I was told that God gave me two ears and one mouth for a reason. This probably had something to do with the fact that I enjoyed talking, a lot. To be fair, I had a lot of great ideas that needed to be said. Sometimes, my parents did not agree that they needed to be said right...