by Teri Claassen | Mar 28, 2018 | Shame
I talk about love a lot with people. How to love a spouse. Loving as a parent. How to love someone who’s hard to love. Love can be a difficult thing to master- especially when you read I Corinthians 13! I also talk to many of my clients about what it means to...
by Teri Claassen | Mar 7, 2018 | Shame
Do you keep secrets? Secrets come in many forms. Some are healthy, but some are toxic secrets. What are toxic secrets? A toxic secret is one that will block you from intimacy and puts walls between you and your loved one. It can keep loved ones from truly knowing and...
by Teri Claassen | Nov 2, 2015 | Anxiety, Codependency, Depression, Family Issues, Fear, Parenting, Perfectionism, Shame, Teen
Am I a good mom? If I am not exactly good, am I good enough? Or, are my kids going to be messed up because of something I did? Do I spend enough time with them? Am I too overprotective? Have I taught them what they need to know to survive this crazy life? What if...
by Teri Claassen | Oct 21, 2015 | Addiction, Anxiety, Codependency, Conflict, Forgiveness, Perfectionism, Shame, Stress
Day after day I hear people talk about the difficulty they have with letting things go. Sometimes it’s related to codependency and the trouble they have with not controlling others. Sometimes it’s when a person has trouble with an addict in their life. Others just...
by Teri Claassen | Jun 3, 2015 | Depression, Negative Self Talk, Shame
Negative self talk plagues most people. It creeps in and can be destructive to how you feel about yourself and can impact your relationships in a negative way. If you allow negative thinking to continue for long periods of time, it can lead to unhappiness and a self...
by Teri Claassen | Mar 4, 2015 | Depression, Fear, Grief Issues, Negative Self Talk, Perfectionism, Self Esteem, Shame, Stress
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life...
