Jessica’s Story of Getting Unstuck

by Laura B. Young | Newsletter, Self Help Articles, Uncategorized

Some time ago, I worked with a Woman named Jessica*.  Jessica found herself in a familiar pattern of stuckness. She told me, “I feel ready, I feel an inner push. I know what needs to be done and the time feels right.” Jessica felt excited and anxious as she chose the...

A Powerful Start to Understand and Heal Emotional Eating

by Laura B. Young | Change, Newsletter, Personal Empowerment, Self Help Articles

Emotional Eating is not about food or physical hunger. It is about using food to avoid feeling bad or to feed a feeling that something is missing. I’m currently developing a course to help Women to break the cycle of emotional eating. Today, I stress the importance of...

Your Presence (Presents) Here Does Make a Difference. Be Bold! Step up and be Counted!

by Laura B. Young | Newsletter, Self Help Articles

Woman to Woman As I launch a beautiful, bold new banner…Woman to Woman… I want you to absorb the message intended… “your presence here matters.” With this rollout my commitment to you with every fiber of my being is to share with you many of the tried-and-true ways to...

The Hidden Power of Journaling

by Laura B. Young | Uncategorized

Woman to Woman:  If you’re unhappy, discouraged, frenetically busy do you realize that more of the same kind of effort can’t produce anything different? The busier you are the more desperately you need to incorporate into your life some of what I offer here to stop...

Do You Truly Stand In Your Power

by Laura B Young | Personal Empowerment, Self Help Articles

What is your personal empowerment story? This 8 minute video will reveal more of the bigger...

Don’t go back to Sleep!

by Laura B Young | Change, Personal Empowerment, Self Help Articles

Driving along a country road I saw to my right a flock of sheep moving towards somewhere or something in a follow the leader fashion. It was a large enough flock moving in unison and fast enough to fascinate me. So I pulled over to watch. On either side of the line...

Are Your Relationships Rinse and Repeat? Why is That?

by Laura B Young | Personal Empowerment, Relationships, Self Help Articles

Part 2: Reflect on your Romantic Relationships and deep Friendships.  Is it time to release some of the players on your life stage? You know the ones that no longer fit your life story in terms of who you are or who you are becoming? What is your Relationship Story?...

What do You Really Want/Need in a Partner?

by Laura B Young | Newsletter, Relationships

Part 1: As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I’ve had a front row seat, observing ways women sabotage themselves when it comes to having more of what they want/need in intimate relationships. It may surprise you but often women spend more time planning the details of...

Will You Betray Another to be Faithful to Yourself?

by Laura B Young | Newsletter

It is easy to see betrayal when a family member or friend ignores what is in their best interest. You can clearly see when they put their creativity on the back burner, to not make waves, to not threaten a partner or create anxiety in themselves or the family. Seeing...

“I just want it back… to the way it was!”

by Laura B Young | Newsletter

How many times during this crisis have you heard some version of the above? I’ve had clients raw with grief or despair make this statement with every fiber of their being, wanting somehow to get back to the before crisis state. No matter what this statement is about;...