The word “ruminating” has come up in session a couple of times lately. Ours is a situation that certainly lends to that sort of deep
Team MHIS
April 30, 2026
The word “ruminating” has come up in session a couple of times lately. Ours is a situation that certainly lends to that sort of deep
It was just before midnight, and my 13-year-old daughter and I were stranded in a poorly-lit parking lot behind an IHOP as a strange car
Part One: On our recent friends trip to Cross Plains, Tx, I took the opportunity to talk about estrangement with my lifelong friend, Whit McClendon. I opened
In July of 2024, a counselor named Patrick Teahan responded to the recent New York Times article on parent-child estrangement. Teahan works with estranged adult children, and
My late father struggled with grief. From the loss of his mother and his best friend Red within weeks of each other in 1977 to
“Toxic” is commonly used in the EAC community when addressing or talking about estranged parents. So, what does it mean? *Spoiler alert* It means almost
I’m nine, riding my bike at night along the rocky shoulder of Highway 35 in Angleton, Texas. I’ve dropped the food I was dispatched to
“Keep on saving the world, one person at a time.” One of my best friends often says this to me at the end of a
I had a growth moment last night. A friend of mine and I went to Fort Worth to see songwriter Steve Earle. We had a
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