How To Communicate Your Expectations in a Relationship

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Jay Roberson

Why Can’t My Spouse Hear What I’m Thinking? Soon after I graduated from Ole Miss I began to date my wife. Still living in Oxford, I passed on the exciting news to my campus minister who gave me a little … Continue reading →

Netflix Is Not a Date

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Jay Roberson

Why Dinner and a Movie Does Not Fix a Troubled Marriage I recently read that 28% of people retiring have no money saved and as many as 41% have never calculated how much money they will need to retire. … Continue reading →

Why don’t my kids listen to me?

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Jay Roberson

Recently, I was maneuvering my children through the halls of our church. I am not sure what the trigger was (did they send each a signal to assume Lord of the Flies mode?), but in this moment, every one of my kids decided … Continue reading →

Waging the Silent War of Substance Abuse

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Jay Roberson

I once heard a comedian say that Alcoholism is the only disease that you can be yelled at for having. After the chuckle subsided, the reality of the disparity between these two worlds hit me. There are individuals who feel … Continue reading →

Creating Boundaries that Work

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Jay Roberson

Why Doesn’t Anyone Respect My Boundaries? Boundaries have certainly been a therapy buzzword for the last couple of decades. If they are so helpful, then why do my friends and family ignore them, or make fun of me when I … Continue reading →

Become Unburdened: Confronting Shame

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Jay Roberson

“I’m fine…well, not really, but don’t ask.” If you have lived on this planet for more than a decade, you have seen someone close to you struggle with a secret issue. As a therapist, I frequently work with men and … Continue reading →

The Downward Pull of Depression

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Jay Roberson

The Struggle to Understand Depression People struggle to understand depression until they have felt its life-sucking despair. I have heard family members call their loved ones lazy, pathetic, and worse. From the outside looking in, a depressed person may, in fact, appear lazy … Continue reading →