You've spent enough of your life making sure everyone else is okay.
It’s time to build a life you love.
Because you weren’t born to shrink yourself, explain yourself, or apologize for taking up space.
You’re the one everyone leans on.
Maybe it started with a difficult parent.
We don’t stay there.
We don’t stay there.
Sound familiar?
You replay conversations for hours, wondering what you said wrong.
You feel more responsible for other people than they do for you.
You can’t rest without feeling guilty.
You’re carrying the department while everyone else leaves at five.
It doesn’t feel like a choice. That’s the problem.
What’s at Stake.
- These patterns were learned long ago, so they feel like who you are.
- They keep you safe today. But over a lifetime, you’re just the one who’s easy to get along with.
- The people who love you have never met you.
The Wake-Up Call:
The people you admire aren’t nicer than you. They’re willing to be disliked.
The marriage you admire isn’t easier than yours. It’s survived hard conversations.
You’re not doing life wrong. You’re struggling on the wrong trail.
Pick the right struggle.
The Intensive
Twelve weeks to stop shrinking and start living.
A small-group program, in person in The Woodlands or on Zoom.
See the pattern.
Learn which protective patterns are running your life and why they once made sense.
Build your Core Adult Self.
Develop the steady part of you that can lead instead of react.
Take half steps.
Say the honest thing, try the new thing and build relationships that go both ways, one doable step at a time.
You don’t graduate from this work. You come back and practice.
After The Intensive, The Practice is the ongoing group you can return to whenever life calls for it.
Get in Touch
Individual Therapy
I see a limited number of individual therapy clients in Texas, with insurance or private pay. It’s separate from The Intensive and The Practice. Reach out by email or phone.
Media & Speaking
For podcasts, talks and collaborations, email me directly.
