Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go. Herman Hesse Let go of becoming but never let go of taking action. Stop expecting and start living. Maxime [...]
I just finished reading the Midnight Library by Matt Haig where Nora, the protagonist in the book, is so overcome with regrets that she takes her life only to have a second chance to address [...]
I have been thinking about how a year of the COVID pandemic has forced people to make changes or maybe not! A year of mask wearing, no major trips, seeing less of friends and work [...]
This has been quite a tumultuous time so far! How do we process change and uncertainty, change that affects routines, threatens our work and financial security, and significantly alters our relationships with others? For some, [...]
I found this article I wrote in 2012 and I thought it would be very timely given the challenges we are facing with COVID-19 in 2020-21. We have lots of organizations and web resources to [...]
What we thought we knew about the brain is shifting rapidly because of the research of the past 10 years. Daniel Siegel (2008), Allan Schore (2009), and others have gathered recent neurobiological research, interpreted it, [...]
Do you have any of these symptoms? If you have any of the following you might have post traumatic symptoms or qualify for a diagnosis of PTSD: nightmares and sleep disruption, not feeling safe [...]
This blog post is meant to unravel the puzzle that is therapy. In the past therapy was considered only for people with serious mental health issues. Therapy has become much more accepted as a way [...]
Expressing anger in a constructive way is challenging and in many situations almost impossible. First we need to locate the source of our anger then determine whether we actually are angry with others or ourselves. [...]
