Slow Down To Be More Productive

Slow Down To Be More Productive

Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Maybe you can relate to feeling like there is not enough time in the day to get everything done? The fact is, life can be chaotic. Another fact is that most of us grew up in chaos, so it feels normal to us. If this is you, then the title...
Marriage – Depression – Divorce

Marriage – Depression – Divorce

How many times have I seen it? Too may times to count. Man takes woman, woman takes man; man or woman becomes seriously depressed (ill – not just sad or lazy), and man or woman thinks, “If I wasn’t married to HIM or to HER, I wouldn’t be depressed!” Soon one partner...
The School of Suffering

The School of Suffering

How many of us would enroll in a college named the University of Suffering?  I’d probably send my application somewhere else!  But Jesus promised his disciples that there would be suffering in life.  He didn’t say if you do really bad things you will suffer (although...
Living in the Gray

Living in the Gray

I stumbled across this book excerpt by Eve Ensler, author of the play The Vagina Monologues and survivor of cancer, anorexia, and child sexual abuse. In her new memoir, In The Body of the World, she draws parallels between her fight against cancer and the violence...
Emotionally Life-rafting: Your Children

Emotionally Life-rafting: Your Children

Up until 3-4 centuries ago children were not seen as needing special treatment after they were weaned. The history of our children is quite sad. They have been killed, abused, used for labor in factories and for many other abhorrent adult satisfactions. Since the dawn...
Shop For a Therapist Like You Would a Surgeon

Shop For a Therapist Like You Would a Surgeon

When crisis happens with your health, longevity and functionality are at steak. Looking for a doctor for back surgery or brain surgery is less about how much they charge and more about who knows them, their reputation and success rate. You shop doctors for serious...
Understanding Grief and Divorce

Understanding Grief and Divorce

When two people get married they emotionally attach to dreams, hopes, fantasies and plans of what their life will be like. For some, getting and being married is a central part of their religion or spirituality. Getting divorced forces people to let go of deeply held...
4 Techs to Use in Your Practice

4 Techs to Use in Your Practice

Therapists tend to be the last group to jump on the techy bandwagon. I DRUG my feet for two years because I couldn’t fathom switching from a paper calendar to an electronic system. Most of the resistance came from fear: fear of something new, making a mistaking,...