Mental Wealth Consulting, LLC

09/05/2026

Hey. Share broadly! As an 8th generation East Tennessean, I am so proud of our own, Ms. Dolly Parton. She's managed to inspire multiple generations of young minds, giving out MONTHLY well over 300 million books to children across the globe! Furthermore, she's protected eagles, invested in her hometown community, inspired dignity, defied the odds, spread so much JOY and purpose... and we are so dang proud, grateful, and also grieving because she was/is such a good person.

I am hosting some FREE 45-minute webinars this month, before I leave to go to Tennessee on 9/25 to take my 80 year old parents to Dollywood. No matter our ages, the child in us still needs to dream and to belong! That's what I am curating for us and it's not sales pithcy at all. If anything, I will redirect you to her foundational work which will outlive her for decades.

But, I do need your name and email in a simple way, to send you the Zoom Link. Here's the landing page for that attempt:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249571638?pwd=Xs9DEQDgB2DcqyojplQMsv7GQZN8gI.1

Please "Like" and "Share" widely. Also, stream her newly released in January collaboration with Queen Latifah, Miley, Lainey Wilson, and Reba on "Light of a Clear Blue Morning," because it raises money every time it is played to support children fighting cancer.

I am leading several free webinars to celebrate the life of Dolly Parton, showing how bringing people together across the divides can heal and inspire us. People in attendance will be invited to share some of their own stories of Love, Work, and Play, in addition to learning some inspirational stori...

08/19/2026

Sometimes the Heart of Conflict Has Clues in Family Histories

Communication strategies from exploring family legacies show how the "Roots and Branches" produce real legacies that could be clashing as part of The STORIES You Tell Yourself!

This is a three session course for couples who are trying to find their common story, to offset conflict, realign in a "mission," and learn some basic communication strategies to bring peace, meaning, and joy into their life together.

https://storiesbuildbridges.org/freegenogram_mappingyourfamilystories_download

08/17/2026

Are you concerned about increasing polarization?

I am invested in training therapists and faith leaders into becoming co-facilitators for the StoriesBuildBridges platform for the long haul of rebuilding capacity for people to forge Beloved Community.

Upcoming dates:
8/21 & 9/12
9am to 4pm

Cost:
$115

5 Core Hours of Continuing Education and Professional Development.

Understand the history of cybernetics both for how AI is being used for good or ill and gain skills for working toward 2nd Order Change.

Register HERE:

https://storiesbuildbridges.org/workshop_therapists

08/12/2026

Maybe the pain of staying the same has become greater than the cost of change.

Lately, I've been thinking about how many people are carrying far more than they let on. Conversations are becoming more polarized and far more difficult, especially when differences create estrangement rather than opportunities for understanding and building compassion.

We're living through a time of uncertainty, strained relationships, and constant emotional noise. Whew! It's exhausting. And, sad.

That's why I created "The Stories You Tell Yourself" workbook. The cost for the full digital book which you can immediately access is only $27.

It isn't another book about "positive thinking." It's a guided storytelling experience designed to help you uncover the hidden narratives shaping your reactions, strengthen your capacity to stay grounded, and discover new possibilities for your life and relationships.

If you're curious, I'd love for you to begin with a FREE sample chapter:

👉 https://storiesbuildbridges.org/workbooksample_weektwo

The sample chapter, "Shifting From Cognitive Distortions Into a More Manageable Reality," offers practical exercises to help you recognize the stories influencing your thinking and so that you can begin reframing them with greater clarity and compassion.

If you're ready for calmer conversations, clearer thinking, and a more grounded way of engaging with the people around you, I also offer coaching sessions that accompany the workbook and help you apply the work to your own life. The above link will take you into a discounted offer for three personal one-on-one coaching sessions, no matter where you live! It's a savings to you of $88.20!

Sometimes the clues to the roadblocks you're now facing are hidden in the stories you've been telling yourself.

Rethink your history. Unlock your future.

🌎 You will rethink the stories undercurrent for how you relate to others, experience stress, and gain skills for better ways to communicate without overwhelm

08/06/2026

Are you a mental health professional or a spiritual health leader? Would you like to participate in a training?

If so, please see the upcoming additional workshop offerings and/or click on the QR code to begin the StoriesBuildBridges™ Membership work!

If you want to schedule a 15 minute time to talk, see the calendar link:
https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/15-minute-free-consultation-1hwgf

07/10/2026

"How did a five-minute conversation turn into another painful argument?"

A couple sat across from me, exhausted. They weren't arguing about the dishes, the budget, or the in-laws.

They were protecting their different family stories.

One had learned that conflict meant rejection.

The other had learned that conflict meant love was worth fighting for.

The argument wasn't the problem. The invisible stories were causing conflict beneath their disconnect.

If your partner is reluctant to try therapy, don't begin by trying to change their mind.

Begin by getting curious.

I've created a free Family Story Mapping Guide (called a "Genogram") to help people discover how family patterns shape the way we communicate, trust, and respond to conflict.

Sometimes the heart of conflict has clues hidden in family histories.

Download the guide and begin a different kind of conversation.

Click the photo, below ⬇︎

🌎 Recognize recurring patterns across generations so you can better understand strengths, challenges, and opportunities for growth.

07/04/2026

On the Occasion of America's 250th Birthday...

It is time for us to return to our senses. How? Through overcoming division wrought by untruths, highjacked media algorithms, and resisting polarization... through STORYTELLING!

06/24/2026

We live in a time when difficult conversations seem unavoidable.

Whether the topic is politics, family, faith, work, or relationships, many people find themselves feeling overwhelmed, defensive, misunderstood, or emotionally exhausted before the conversation even begins.

That's one reason I created a free resource:
"How to Stay Present in Difficult Dialogues Without Overwhelm."

This guide offers practical reflection prompts and simple strategies to help you stay grounded, listen more effectively, and engage challenging conversations with greater clarity and intention.

Because staying present doesn't mean agreeing with everyone.
It means remaining connected to your values, your curiosity, and your capacity to respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively.

One of the insights I've learned as a Marriage and Family Therapist is that communication challenges rarely begin with communication itself. Often, they are influenced by expectations, assumptions, family stories, and experiences we carry into conversations without realizing it.

That's why this free guide also serves as an introduction to my Reframing for Difficult Dialogues Mini-Course, where I walk participants through a framework for establishing healthier communication parameters before difficult discussions begin. Together, we explore how to create greater emotional safety, clarify intentions, and shift from trying to "win" a conversation toward understanding what matters most.

If you've been looking for a more thoughtful way to navigate difficult conversations, I'd love to share this resource with you.

Download without having to purchase, but the course is ONLY $7 if you get the 90 minute session to talk it through!

https://storiesbuildbridges.org/free_staypresentdifficultdialogues_download

06/16/2026

We didn’t get here overnight.

1) It is important to become conscious of the stories that are shaping each of us before those stories unconsciously shape everyone else. (Projection.)

2) There are moral injuries from generational transmission of inherited stories, both embedded within but also causative.

3) In order to examine inherited stories means we must be willing to be challenged towards a common desire for greater wisdom, greater dignity, and greater love of neighbor because the stories we leave unexamined become assumptions that govern our lives if we don’t… so that no one ever is free.

4) Heartbroken grief occurs with a collapse of civic norms, dignity, truthfulness, and basic respect.

5) It absolutely IS a signature central part of the playbook of DJT (and Roy Cohn) and the contemporary Republican coalition to obscure facts, even to make fun of facts, to threaten and to humiliate in order to monetize.

6) Stories ARE being weaponized at scale in order to highjack mindsets for those choosing to worship false idols of gluttonous power, distorting truth without conscious decisions where the good of the whole is prioritized, instead of sacrificed.

7) People do inherit stories that convey a right or reason to -distrust government, -distrust corporations, -distrust immigrants, and so on.

Eight) People do not simply disagree politically where democracies normally are able to contain the differences; rather, at this grievous point in time, people disagree in ways where those disagreements have entire systems of meaning and production of meaning in place to manipulate and even to purposively construct those disagreements SO THAT democracy collapses.

9) Stories that shape identity can become untethered from reality when fear, humiliation, resentment, or perceived threat become more powerful than curiosity, accountability, or truth-telling.

10) Beliefs do not emerge in a vacuum.

The intellectual foundation for the StoriesBuildBridges™platform and small groups is built upon these bones:

Beliefs do not emerge in a vacuum.
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Stories shape identity.
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Identity influences what we fear, trust, reject, defend, and protect.
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Entire systems of meaning can be inherited.
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Unexamined stories become assumptions.
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Assumptions govern behavior.
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Behavior shapes families, organizations, communities, and nations.
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When stories become untethered from truth, dignity, and accountability, moral injury occurs.
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People become less free.
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Healing requires conscious examination of inherited stories.

In order to redeem ourselves, we must work together to find and to build COMMON GROUND.

05/27/2026

Free Links and Resources, all in one place, for StoriesBuildBridges™ signature program, created within the Mental Wealth Consulting community.

I bring people together in small to overcome fear and resistance to differences, increasing empathy in our brains through the power of storytelling!