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Youflourishing Therapy resources for marriages, couples, families & teens.

02/03/2023

Expectations in marriage are good and necessary to an extent. But what happens when we have Misplaced Expectations?!?!

If nothing else, distance learning is stretching and growing patience whether we like it or not. We ha e a choice-the pr...
09/18/2020

If nothing else, distance learning is stretching and growing patience whether we like it or not. We ha e a choice-the pressure will either squeeze us into dust or a diamond. As of right now, I’m not sure I’m heading f towards being a diamond but I’ll even settle for a topaz or maybe a shiny rock 🙃
Parenting has always taken persistence and intentionality but it also takes revisiting old beliefs that might be keeping you stuck in a pattern of “if only...”
Ask yourself the 4 questions and see what beliefs might be keeping you stuck 🙇‍♀️🙇

Whether you've only been married for a few years or maybe it's been a few decades, marriage takes work. When meeting wit...
09/15/2020

Whether you've only been married for a few years or maybe it's been a few decades, marriage takes work. When meeting with clients, Daniel and I often share how marriage is like a garden. We just left on a long-weekend get away and when we got back our flowers that we left standing tall and proud were now droopy and kinda pathetic. It's amazing how one day marriage can feel great and how quickly it can wilt to just "ok."
We want to offer some guidance that can help remind us to water our marriage not just when it's clearly scorched but daily.
3 Daily Q's make all the difference- what are 3 things you're thankful for in your marriage? (the smallest gratitude still counts)
What are 2 things you are excited about in your marriage? (ex; watching a show together after the kids go to bed, a goodnight kiss, somebody to cuddle with-it doesn't have to be anything extravegant)
What is 1 thing you want to accomplish today in your marriage? (ex; send my spouse a sweet text, make a fun dinner, do something that would make your spouse smile or better yet, laugh)
This is your daily challenge. Try it for a week and see what happens. If you're really up for the challenge try it for 30 days by going through our book More Than Ok. You can get the daily challenge along with daily journaling prompts to walk you through personal barriers that might be getting in the way of your relationships including your marriage. We co-wrote More Than OK (faith-based) with our dear friends Joe Jardine who is also a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and his wife, Kristin and we just released a non faith-based version of the same book Hello Happiness. Both are available on Amazon!

We’re excited to share that we’ve adapted our More Than Ok faith-based journal for anxiety & depression to include a non...
09/02/2020

We’re excited to share that we’ve adapted our More Than Ok faith-based journal for anxiety & depression to include a non faith-based option: Hello Happiness.
If you have friends or family members wrestling with depressive or anxious feelings right now, or maybe you’re raising your hand too🙋🏻‍♀️ (Truth: this year hasn’t been easy for any of us)-you’ve got to take the 31-day challenge to reset, renew and restore your emotions , mind and spirit!!
We use these principles EVERY day in our own lives and in working with clients. They’re simple, tried & true principles that bring daily and lifelong change. Available on Amazon 🥳 Can’t wait time hear what you think!
#2020 ***de

As I was scrolling through our memories I came across this picture which made me smile. Our daughter took this picture w...
08/07/2020

As I was scrolling through our memories I came across this picture which made me smile. Our daughter took this picture while we were on vacation in Yellowstone. Out of all the beauty that surrounded us, she found the “ordinary” and chose to capture it.
I was reading in James 1 this morning about God’s mercy towards us. James was writing about showing favoritism. Beauty is captivating, and whether it’s new or intriguing I find myself lingering. But do I linger over the seemingly ordinary? Especially when the “ordinary” has a face and a name?
God’s mercy is not what we deserve and yet it’s what we’ve received. Mercy is what he gives daily. If there’s any cause to be known for, it is mercy.
Seeing the ordinary as extraordinary. Giving generously. Loving fully and forgiving completely. He modeled it and I need him to help me live it out!

Worry and discouragement are not modern concepts and they’re also not going away anytime soon (yay! “Can’t wait to keep ...
06/29/2020

Worry and discouragement are not modern concepts and they’re also not going away anytime soon (yay! “Can’t wait to keep reading 🙄”)
Our goal can’t be to rid ourselves of anything troubling, but instead to learn the art and gift of wrestling with those strong thoughts and feelings and learn how to break the chains that keep us feeling stuck!
Reflect on moments you’ve turned discouragement into hope or maybe you know of someone around you who has turned grief into gratitude. Just know where you’re running and who you are running to!
If you’d like some help breaking those chains, check out our book “More Than Ok.” There’s a link in our bio 😊
If you have any 🥴🤔😳😤🤬 moments, we’d love to connect and encourage you.. feel free to dm us.

Growth is often a silent process that takes place over moments, months and even years. It’s intentional, resilient and c...
05/31/2020

Growth is often a silent process that takes place over moments, months and even years. It’s intentional, resilient and contagious. Don’t let the quiet moments of growth where no eyes are watching and no ears listening to tell you that change isn’t happening. It’s in the day to day moments that we finally see flowers bloom and seedlings sprout.
Grow my friend!!

This is currently the state of our son’s room, but to be honest, life is messy in a lot more ways right now...What are o...
05/29/2020

This is currently the state of our son’s room, but to be honest, life is messy in a lot more ways right now...
What are our choices when life is messy?
1. We can look to others in full expectation and even demanding that they fix the mess-in turn we claim a voiceless stance
2. We can give full reign to our emotions-whether anger or despair and lose hope
3. We can look around us to see what small changes we can make, allowing those changes to create momentum for larger changes.
Yes, there are bigger messes in this life than messy bedrooms, but even a messy room gets cleaned up one item at a time... and is more likely to stay clean with a little rearranging. If you only can see the messy, what small changes can you make in your life to begin the clean up process?
There’s a page in our book More Than OK that walks you through identifying the areas in your life that are chaotic and how to create order. There’s a link to the book in our bio 👆
Laundry-here I come😈

Values are those things that are really important, we all have them but we don’t often sit down to write them out, and w...
05/26/2020

Values are those things that are really important, we all have them but we don’t often sit down to write them out, and why should we?? Well, knowing your values, what you stand for and why you stand for it is essential to who you are and every decision you make. When you know who you are and what takes priority, you can more easily detect what isn’t so important. Let’s be honest, there’s A Lot of messages, voices and causes, but if we don’t outline our top 3-5 values, we’ll have a hard time knowing what and who we should listen to 👂
How to get started you ask...
Question: If you were looking back on your life, what would you want to have prioritized?
Ex: Family, Friendships, Faith, Character values like love, kindness, honesty, hard working...
Take time to write your top 3-5 down and define what they mean and how you want to make them a priority. If you want one of your values to be generosity then you might think of ways you can regularly give of your time, money or skills.
Share with us what one of your values is😊

“I’m OK” is one of the most common responses we hear as mental health professionals when we ask our clients how they’re ...
05/25/2020

“I’m OK” is one of the most common responses we hear as mental health professionals when we ask our clients how they’re doing. Isn’t it time to be More Than OK?! We want to help you identify the barriers in your life that get in the way, AND help you create habits that will launch you into being More Than OK!
Let us know what area in your life you would like to be More Than OK and we’ll send you some tips and tools to help you in this area!

One of my favorite days of our book More Than OK is day 16! We wrote this day knowing how hard it is to seek a rhythm be...
05/21/2020

One of my favorite days of our book More Than OK is day 16! We wrote this day knowing how hard it is to seek a rhythm between being active and being rested.
One of my greatest struggles is the “I should be...” voice. As we all know... if you live in the land of should’s, you’re bound to get should on😉
This day in the book is such a great reminder not only to me but also to our clients that every one of us benefits from a balanced life. Sometimes that’s easier said than done which is why evaluating what boundaries you need in your life is important.
A good thing to remember about boundaries is that they can be adjusted based on the season of life you’re in. Take some time to think about how you’re doing in the major areas of your life... what needs adjusting? What improvements do you need or want? What changes could increase your sense of rest?
With everything that’s going on right now, which area in your life is proving to be the biggest struggle to find balance in?

To start your 30 day journey to being More Than OK click on the link in our bio.

We are the first ones to say that choosing what’s right over what’s easy is HARD WORK!! 😫But if anything is worth the ef...
05/17/2020

We are the first ones to say that choosing what’s right over what’s easy is HARD WORK!! 😫
But if anything is worth the effort, this is!💪It’s easier to not fight over meals, bedtime, the never failing unexpected nightly routine, school work, screen time, chores and the list is only increasing. But if we don’t choose to take a stance on choosing to do what’s right as a parent when our kids are young, we will be no match for them as the choices become more and more critical.
No matter what age our kids are, they need to see and know that we as parents, when we’re faced with a decision to either take the easy road or the right road, they’ll be seeing us take the right road. And this is because they have the SAME decision to make as well 🚧
We say this knowing we too struggle with this, and definitely fail, but thankfully every moment is a new opportunity. We can do this 🙌🏻🙌🏻🤞🙏

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