Boundaries are different in each culture. Individualistic societies tend to set boundaries individually and collectivist societies set boundaries around the group or family. Personal and social distance is different in cultures as is eye contact [...]
There is a conversation in the movie Bridge of Spies when Tom Hanks says to Mark Rylance "Aren't you worried" and he says "Will it help?". Unless worry results in action of some sort it [...]
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. [...]
Every part of us that we do not love will regress and become more primitive – Carl Jung I have been thinking for a long time about writing about Self-Compassion. In my work as [...]
The podcast "Standing up to Perfectionism" explores how we can take back our lives from a master that is relentless in holding us up to unrealistic expectations of our self and others.
Anger is a complex emotion and it can be used destructively or constructively. This podcast explores how awareness of anger 's purpose in our lives and how it can become a positive force for personal [...]
The issue of self- acceptance is a complex one and there are a number of components to consider. First though, the negative affect of non-acceptance of one’s self can be dangerous to one’s health and [...]
It seems that we keep telling ourselves we should manage our time better. We think it is just a matter of “getting organized”. I would like to reflect on what I think managing time actually [...]
What we thought we knew about the brain is shifting rapidly because of the research of the past 10 years. Daniel Siegel (2007, 2009), Allan Schore (2009), and others have gathered recent neurobiological research, interpreted [...]
