My Epiphany… OR The Flying Sandwich
This article was originally written in 2008! Not much has changed… Last tuesday I had an epiphany. For some reason, I woke up that morning with a vague sense of anxiety. It emanated from my slu ...
Tag Archives: Happiness
Advice Column: Can Depleted Mother Syndrome Affect Moms with Older Children?
Question: Hi Tamar – I read your post about Depleted Mother’s Syndrome and want to know if it can affect mothers of older children? I have two tweens and many of the symptoms resonated wit ...
Sunshine and Life-Lessons
When you are seven, summer time is about learning important life lessons. How hot does the ground need to be before it burns your feet? How long can you hold your breath under water? Which rock is the ...
My Kick-Ass Summer Manifesto
I was at the water park a couple of weeks ago, watching my son organize the troops for a water-gun fight. My two year old squealed in joy as she ran in and out of the spray, and I had a rare, and brie ...
How to Answer Your Child’s Questions About the Teachers’ Strike
Is your child asking a lot of questions about the teachers’ strike? Are you unsure of how to answer them? The latest news about the teachers’ strike means that there is a lot of unknown ab ...
The Top 7 Reasons For Joining a Facebook Mommy Group (and how to find the right one for you)
Eight years ago when my son was born, Online Forums were the big thing. For the most part, I just hung around – too shy to contribute, and expose my inadequacy as a parent. But every so often wh ...
How To Loosen The Grip Of Wanting (without giving up on your goals)
One of the common attributes of clients that come to therapy is their desire for change – relationships, work, mood, life satisfaction… They can imagine a different reality, and they want ...
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& ...
Advice Column: If everything is so great, why am I unhappy?
Question: My birthday is next week – the same week that I’m going to be finishing my law degree. I’m told I am at the best possible place anyone could be in life. I am standing on th ...
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 ...