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 ...
Tag Archives: Self-Acceptance
Is Your Self-Esteem Safe on Social Media?
I know you’ve been there…browsing through your Facebook Feed, staring at everyone else’s picture-perfect life, and feeling more and more like a discarded booger stuck to the bedroom ...
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 ...
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 ...