Harper Therapy, Lutz, FL.

05/29/2026

Friday Funny!

05/27/2026

Shamon and I recently had the opportunity to attend a Kintsugi workshop. Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art of putting broken pieces of pottery back together with gold. Surprisingly, the put-back-together piece ends up being stronger than the original piece. This is a metaphor that I use often with couples who come in for affair recovery, so I was eager to actually EXPERIENCE it.

Let’s just say that it’s not what I thought it would be.

Granted, the true process of Kintsugi is not smashing a ceramic bowl with a hammer and then using super glue and gold paint to put it back together again that we used in the workshop. As other workshop participants gently tapped their bowls multiple times in an attempt to break it, I only needed one solid WHACK before I saw the towel that my bowl was wrapped in deflate as the pieces crumbled. I quickly started to wonder how in the world I would fit the pieces back together again.....

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05/26/2026

Hello, Friends!
Time for Toby+Hobbes Tuesday, a chance for us to check in for ourselves on our self-care and play practices. These boys are a good reminder for me to rest when I need to, and of the importance of playfulness in my life (in fact, having them around makes me more playful)!
What is your favorite self care or play practice for the week??

05/25/2026

Acknowledging the Needs and Pressures of Being the Child of Immigrants

Being the child of immigrants means that on some level, your parents sacrificed the familiarity of their homeland to provide you with the best life possible.

05/20/2026

Hey there,

We wanted to check in—because we know that deciding to take a step like this isn’t always easy.

But if your relationship feels like it’s stuck on repeat—same arguments, same distance, same disconnection—then this might just be the turning point you've been looking for.

Our upcoming Relationship Bootcamp: The Essential Skills Workshop is more than just a weekend. It’s a reset. A chance to pause, reconnect, and rebuild the trust, communication, and closeness you’ve been missing.

And here’s the good news:
You can still grab your spot at the Early Bird rate… but only for a few more days. You can save $200 for couples and $100 for individuals who sign up for this workshop now.

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05/18/2026

GENERATION Z: THE FIRST FULL-GENERATION ONLINE

Generation Z (Gen Z), born between 1997 to 2012 is considered the first generation to not only witness the genesis of the internet but to grow alongside it. With the oldest of the Gen Z youth being in their mid to late 20s, we are able to ascertain both the positive and negative effects of being a d

05/13/2026

You and your partner thought you’d be past the problems in your relationship by now. You thought you would have figured out how to communicate without yelling… or shutting down… or both. You thought that if you read enough books, or listened to enough podcasts or scheduled enough date nights that you’d start to feel like you were more than just roommates.

You both know that therapy is an option, but you’d like something that feels a little less “formal”. Something with less of a financial and time investment.

You’ve looked at other couples’ events, but the idea of listening to speaker after speaker in a dark arena with thousands of other couples makes you already start to nod off.

You might have even tried something that’s offered you a lot of “tools”, but you’re finding it nearly impossible to actually use the tools in real life.

Welcome to Harper Therapy and Relational Life Therapy’s Essential Skills Workshop, a two-day experiential event that not only teaches you the Essential Skills for an intimate relationship, it also helps you to get a handle on the part of you that could care less about using the skills when you actually need them....

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