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What To Do When Your Partner Triggers You-image

What To Do When Your Partner Triggers You

What is a trigger anyway? What To Do When Your Partner Triggers You Basically, you can’t live in this world without collecting some wounds. Experiences of being unheard, devalued, deceived, criticized, or betrayed are examples of these wounds. Once you’ve...

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When You and Your Partner Disagree on a Big Issue-image

When You and Your Partner Disagree on a Big Issue

Do you and your partner disagree on a big issue? Maybe he’s a republican, you’re a democrat. Maybe he thinks COVID is a scam and you are fearful of your health. Maybe he doesn’t care about the movement and you...

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Strong Woman, It’s Time For Some Reckoning-image

Strong Woman, It’s Time For Some Reckoning

Strong woman, it's time for some reckoning. I saw this post on Sherri Hunter’s Instagram page. It was written by @Lesliedwight What if 2020 isn’t canceled? What if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for? A year so uncomfortable,...

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Every Season Matters (Coronavirus Pandemic)-image

Every Season Matters (Coronavirus Pandemic)

This weird season- this waiting season in which we are all cocooned is not a waste. I know this because every time I felt that I was in a holding pattern, for every time I know my life was derailed...

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Why Strong Women Have More Anxiety-image

Why Strong Women Have More Anxiety

Your anxiety is not a reflection of your strength and your anxiety is not a deficit in your faith. I put a video out on instagram where I talked about why your anxiety is not a deficit in your faith....

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Stop Trying To Control It All-image

Stop Trying To Control It All

How many times have you said or thought the words “Just let me do it”? One of the most challenging things for a strong woman who strives to have things a certain way in her life is that she’s also...

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Why Strong Women Stay in Bad Relationships-image

Why Strong Women Stay in Bad Relationships

Today I’m talking about why smart, strong women stay in LOW-quality relationships and what you can do about it. I’m not talking about physically abusive relationships, although some low-quality relationships do have some verbal or emotional abuse. I’m talking about...

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The 4 Communication Styles That Predict Divorce-image

The 4 Communication Styles That Predict Divorce

Did you know that the issues in your marriage have little to do with the health of your marriage? It's not too surprising because I always talk about self-talk and how important it is. Well, guess what? The way you...

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When he talks to his baby mama in secret-image

When he talks to his baby mama in secret

I get a lot of questions from partners who say that their boyfriends or husbands talk to the baby mama in secret and this is painful. This is a pain point in relationships and it's damaging relationships so I gotta...

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To the mom terrified of homeschooling her kids (Coronavirus Pandemic)-image

To the mom terrified of homeschooling her kids (Coronavirus Pandemic)

Due to the current Corona crisis, everyone is stuck at home. Kids can’t go to school, so Parents have been forced into homeschooling. I’m a homeschool mom, but don’t write me off as not understanding your situation. Although I’ve homeschooled...

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Finding strength in uncertain times (Coronavirus Pandemic)-image

Finding strength in uncertain times (Coronavirus Pandemic)

  Most of us have someone that looks up to us. Whether it is a child, a relative, someone we manage or an employee. We women are leaders. I did a podcast about recognizing our place as leaders, you can...

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Hard to hear advice for the wife dealing with baby mama drama-image

Hard to hear advice for the wife dealing with baby mama drama

Dealing with baby mama drama as a wife is very different from dealing with baby mama drama as a girlfriend. As a wife you should be a permanent fixture, so you deserve the respect of that position.  But, don't let...

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Are You Romanticizing Your Relationship?-image

Are You Romanticizing Your Relationship?

I love Dr. Maya Angelou’s quote “When people show you who they are- believe them”. It’s so good because most issues we have in relationships are that people will tell us who they are, but we decide to create a...

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It’s the things you don’t say that damage your relationship-image

It’s the things you don’t say that damage your relationship

The things we don’t say in relationships are the things that get us in the most trouble. Common knowledge is that it’s the words that slip out of our mouths that get us into the biggest trouble.  But I’m flipping...

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Strong Woman Myths-image

Strong Woman Myths

Strong Woman Myths My mother was a stay at home mom. She loved her work. She felt very passionate about her role as a mom. But she came from a time when the lines were more impenetrable between stay at...

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When You Feel Insecure In Your Relationship-image

When You Feel Insecure In Your Relationship

You would think that after you have been married, your insecurity about your relationship should dissipate. That the longer you stay together, it should resolve itself. Unfortunately, I have not seen this to be the case. Granted, I know that...

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To The Woman In A Difficult Relationship-image

To The Woman In A Difficult Relationship

‘I think I’ll marry a difficult guy and have a difficult relationship…’ said no one ever. And yet, several women in my practice, my friends, and acquaintances find themselves in difficult relationships.  There’s this book by Mira Kirshenbaum- "Too Good...

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Setting an intention for your relationship this year-image

Setting an intention for your relationship this year

Most people set goals or resolutions every year. They’re usually personal. Not as many set an intention or goal specifically about their relationship. Whether you’re in a difficult relationship, or you’re in a great relationship in a difficult spot, every...

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How to forgive yourself for the dumb things you did this past decade-image

How to forgive yourself for the dumb things you did this past decade

As we enter this new year, I reflect on cherished memories of all the wonderful decisions, opportunities and experiences this decade held for me. I encourage you to do the same. But I can’t help but remember some of the...

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How Not To Be Bitter-image

How Not To Be Bitter

I recently had a client who’s in a very difficult relationship. “He made me the angry, bitter woman that no one can stand,” she said. And it’s true. She is kind of bitter. So how can you avoid becoming this...

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