Leading From The Heart

This month I celebrate my 48th birthday. Which is a sobering thought, as it’s just shy of 50. Fifty years is half a century! Some of you are young enough to conceivably be my kids. I have high school & college friends with kids your age! Some of you are about the...

Many of you know the mission at One80 Counseling is to be a place where anyone from any walk of life can find a therapist to treat their mental health needs. We meet this mission through the diversity in our team; diverse licensures, treatment areas, and therapists'...

Sometimes, therapists need therapy too. Let’s talk about being stuck and how to get “un-stuck”. There are plenty of times in our lives we feel stuck. Maybe you’re going through something right now and you feel stuck; stuck in making the next step towards a small or...

I’ve been choosing a word for the year for the last 6 years. An executive coach I met introduced me to the book “My One Word” by Ashcraft & Olsen, and I’ve been letting the universe (God) give me a word ever since. My practice is this: about November/December I...

It’s the season to be thankful. Americans all over the country are celebrating Thanksgiving next week. This got me thinking about thankfulness, gratitude, and joy. It seems to me that it’s easier to focus on being thankful during the Thanksgiving season. In my family,...

Next week my husband and I celebrate 20 years of marriage. Twenty years feels like a lifetime and then you have people like our own Phil Guistwite (and his wife Jeannie) who just celebrated 51 years of marriage! I pray that my husband and I are fortunate enough to...

I don't know if you watched FRIENDS, but for my age group, it was a staple of our weekly TV lineup. The iconic group of friends- living in the same building, drinking coffee together, sharing life together. Wow. Isn't that what we all long for? Friends. Human...

My “second” Dad growing up was Jewish. He’s my dad’s best friend & “brother”. They served in the Air Force together, went to medical school together, and ended up in Fayetteville, NC together to practice and later partner up in business. Sid saved me one day when...

I was trying to remember that quote about Fall bringing us change and after a quick Pinterest search found “The autumn trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let things go.” So, in the interest of noting the change, I wanted to update you on a few role changes...

I popped in one of my new favorite coffee shops by the One80 Raleigh office on Six Forks earlier this week, BIGGBY Coffee. Have you visited? Love that place. The baristas are so friendly, and the coffee is yum. Had my first pumpkin-spiced latte of the season and it...