Just Thinking About Life is Life-Changing
How many industries run on the promise of quick changes? The weight loss complex, self-help books, financial advice, tutoring courses,...
The Goodness of Anger
I don’t usually share cute animal videos, but this one really spoke to me: http://www.wimp.com/stopnightmare/ I mean, it’s insanely...
The Lies Your Anxiety Tells You
One of the hardest things about feeling anxious is the confusion about what’s real and what isn’t. Anxiety fears feel like they’re true,...
Keeping Your Mouth Shut Might Make You Sick
Therapists know that talking about something, over and over, is almost always more helpful than harmful. It turns out that this is even...
The Perfect Way to Be Imperfect
Is there anything more cutting than rejection? A boss says we’re not working out. A lover prefers someone else, and leaves. An...
Is Your Teen Using?
Figuring out if your teen is using or abusing alcohol or drugs is particularly tricky, since teens don’t tend to self-report, and often...
Stress Relief
I’m currently leading an unemployment support group with my co-leader, the excellent Jennifer Saunders. We do one-hour seminars on...
You're Not Right
Could it be that the key to a happy relationship is giving up on the concept of ever being right? The truth is, the very words “right”...
You Can Take Your Just Be Happy and Shove It
I went to a lecture recently in which the speaker led us in an exercise. She had us close our eyes while she said “No, no, no! Yes, yes,...
