Feeling Flat? No Problem…
Meh, Blah, Ugh. No, I’m not having a seizure, I’m just feeling kind of flat today. Does that ever happen to you? When there’s nothing in particular that’s going wrong, and you& ...
Lifestyle
My Beginner Marriage: What I learned about life from getting married & divorced in one year
Marriage is tough. I could end this article right here had it not been for the fact that this particular marriage was a little bit different. This marriage didn’t get the chance to die out slowly from ...
On Being Imperfect (and other acts of courage)
You might see your imperfections as an unfortunate circumstance of your life – something you should rise beyond, overcome, or try to control. You might even see them as a personal failure, or a ...
Advice Column: Why do I get so angry and how can I stop it?
Question: I get angry a lot, sometimes out of nowhere. For instance, I’ll just wake up incredibly angry and everything that follows during the day will continue on that way. It could be when som ...
Depleted Mother Syndrome (DMS): What it is, and what you can do about it
Whenever I mention Depleted Mother Syndrome (DMS) to a new mom, her first reaction is to chuckle. “Now there’s a syndrome for THAT too?”, she’d say. But not five minutes into m ...
Children & Electronics – My view as a Psychotherapist and a mother
As a mother to two young children, and a Psychotherapist my challenge is to balance my learned knowledge and my lived experience. In other words, should I do what the expert child-psychologists sugges ...
Are you Right-Brained or Left-Brained? Personality Quiz + Survival Tips for your brain
Our brain is made up of two sides: The Right Hemisphere and the Left Hemisphere. Each side has its own characteristics, and is responsible for different functions. Individuals are often dominant in on ...
How To support A Grieving Friend
When a loved one is in the midst of grief, we can feel helpless, and not know what to do, or say. Here are a few important things to remember: Just be there for them. You cannot take their grief away ...
Panic Attack First Aid
1 out of 5 people will experience a panic (high anxiety) attack in their lifetime. Symptoms such as shortness of breath, heart palpitations, chest pain, feeling dissociated, sweating, dizziness, numbn ...
Using The Miracle Question To Clarify Your Goals And Make Them A Reality
The Miracle Question is a powerful tool for clarifying your life goals (what do I really want), and making them a reality. It was originally created by the founder of Solution Focused Therapy – ...