Michelle Goodwin

I have been watching the recovery of the Floridian building collapse with great sadness.  It reminds me so much of  April 1995 in Oklahoma City. I was in Oklahoma City during the time of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building.  A friend of mine was a police officer and a first responder to […]

When I was working with college students at a busy University, we were sponsoring a program for young people on leadership skills.  During the program one young man seemed to get agitated and then started having a panic attack.  His girlfriend got him outside the program area to the lobby. I met them there and […]

It has been a year like no other.  It does not seem possible that it has been a year March that we heard from the school districts that we would be taking two weeks for Spring Break and then everyone would be back at school, but it did not happen quite that way.  It seemed […]

Written by: Michelle Goodwin, LPC – Therapist- San Marcos location Continuing with the theme of A day at the Beach, this blog focusses on the activities that can be done outside. These activities are designed to keep kids active and everyone in the family can participate. There will be some preparation for activities to happen. […]

Written by: Michelle Goodwin, LPC – Therapist – San Marcos location The days are getting warmer and we are still in lock down. Why not plan a day at the beach…COVID-19 style? There are inside and outside activities. The weather has been in the 80’s so it may be just the time for out-door water […]

Sunday morning, since church was canceled for gathered worship, I decided to go to the grocery store and pick up groceries for the week.  HEB had changed their hours so that they could restock their shelves for the demand of items.  Originally the grocery store is opened at 6:00 am but this Sunday the hours […]

When I was a kid, dinner time meant everyone sitting at the table eating a meal. There might be light banter or a check in to see how school went, who needed to get done chores etc. It was a great way to connect and stay connected. Let me ask you this- when was the […]

When I was in undergraduate school, I was required to take a communications class.  The first few lessons were about speaking, listening and reporting back what was communicated.  I thought, “Oh well, this is easy.”  Then as I became part of romantic relationships, I realized this wasn’t easy at all.  It came as a surprise […]

What is codependency? The term itself came from the rooms of AA. The alcoholic or addict is dependent on substance and the co-dependent is dependent to person. The definition of the term has broadened from its AA roots. A co-dependent relationship as defined by the Oxford dictionary as a dysfunctional relationship where one person has […]

Years ago, when I was doing marriage preparation classes with a colleague, he told a story about a conversation he had with his then pregnant wife about what she was looking forward to sharing with their firstborn child.  When Tom (not his real name) asked his wife Suzy (not her real name) what she was […]