Posts by Lauren Robbins

My husband and I just returned from a few days at the North Shore. One of our favorite hikes there is at Oberg Mountain, a trail that begins several miles…

Many people come to therapy because they want something to change; change in a relationship, change in how they feel, or change in how they look at life for example.…

Healing I think it’s safe to say that there’s a newfound (or not) collective anxiety surrounding the news about Jacob Wetterling. Undoubtedly, this anxiety is typical, and allows us to…

Before my daughter was born, I knew parenting would be hard in the same way that I knew childbirth would be painful – it was an idea, but I had…

When I ask new mom or dad how they are doing, I often get a half smile that is filled with love and excitement and also heavy with exhaustion. Sleep…

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 6.7 million women 15-44 have trouble becoming pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy (Infertility, 2015). For many women the stress around the inability…

The days are getting shorter, the state fair is about to start, and back to school ads are popping up on television.  Before we know it, September will arrive with the…

It seems as though everywhere I look lately, I see or feel a pervasive sense of loss. Not only in my clients, but also in a neighboring community, our country,…