Author: Samantha Laffoon

This was my family’s first Thanksgiving without my dad.  He passed away earlier this year and I miss him.  The holidays hold especially happ...

Here’s a treat: Trickers have feelings too.

I have the privilege of working with amazing people every day – people whom, in this space, I refer to as clients.  More often than not, when I first ...

As we round the corner into fall, all of us – collectively and individually – continue to wade through this seemingly never-ending season of uncerta...

What do a scoop of vanilla ice-cream on a hot summer day, chicken noodle soup when you have a cold, and being wrapped up in a hug after a heartbreak all have in...

Have you ever received a gift, put it aside, and then sometime later (maybe months or even years) rediscovered it?  This just happened to me. &nb...

A few weeks ago, I received a phone call that rocked my world.  One minute I was going about a typical Tuesday evening and the next I was being told t...

Have you ever had the experience of being so focused on what you’re doing and then hit a wall with making progress?  Maybe you tell yourself something like “I’m...

Here in Ohio, the birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, the grass is green and I’m still wearing extra layers and a puffer coat more days than not...

Typically, and not surprisingly, people come to therapy not because they’re feeling lit up with joy, but because they’ve lost it in one or more areas of their l...