Justin Gordon, LMFT

01/08/2023

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12/10/2022

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11/06/2022

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03/19/2021

"We learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker." -Adam Grant

03/17/2020

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02/01/2020

How PARENTING is like the MAFIA

You could make a lot of cases for this one, actually. Especially the more kids you have. If the number of your kids passes a certain point you’re sure to see a certain amount of organized crime. The reason I made this particular connection is 1) because I have a lot of kids, and 2) because of the unintended-yet karmic consequences that disrespect between parents can have on families.

After a particularly bad round of boss-killing In the early 30’s, newly-made (and lucky to be alive) mob boss Lucky Luciano realized that if he was going to survive as a his own respective boss, then the other bosses were going to need to be allowed to survive as their own respective bosses as well. He realized that as long as one boss was fair game to be taken out, then all mafia bosses were fair game to be taken out. In order to ensure their own respect, prosperity, and ultimately their own safety, they had to agree on rules of mutual respect and protection, making each other untouchable. So they set some rules and agreed on them.

Parenting is the same in this regard. If you undermine your partner in the eyes of the children there’s a good chance that this same disrespect is eventually going to come back to you. If either parent gets undermined by the other, then any parent becomes fair game because the role of parent itself also gets undermined. The children might learn that they, too, can then directly undermine either parent, through overt disrespect or covert manipulation. This includes the “offending” parent, who might end up getting back some version of the same treatment that he or she encouraged the children to give to the other parent.

On the other hand, if you can both agree to a certain level of mutual respect, not only making each other untouchable but also building each other up in the eyes of the children, then you’re much more likely to ensure that you get that same respect back, not only from each other but also from the children who you are trying to keep in line. Presenting as a solid, mutually respectful parental unit, a unified front, serves to strengthen you both in the eyes of the children.

See? Just like the mafia.

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01/21/2020

Anxiety comes in many forms. Learning to recognize what you're feeling is the start to greater mental health. Hope is always near.

01/08/2020

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12/20/2019

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12/20/2019

https://youtu.be/XlC8XqTSLUE

I came across this TEDx talk today. LDS therapist Julie Hanks gives a really good perspective on the fact that just because a woman isn’t the idealized stay-at-home mother does not at all mean that she doesn’t value motherhood.

In her 25 years as a therapist, Hanks has long noticed that most women express feelings of guilt, shame, conflict and inadequacy when talking about motherhoo...