Do you feel so exhausted and overwhelmed taking care of everyone else’s expectations, tending to their needs and wants, all the while leaving you with no time to yourself? Do you often feel depleted and zapped of energy? Do you feel rushed to take a shower or worse, guilty to soak in for a nice … Read more
A day to remember – January 30, 1983 Super bowl Sunday was at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, 10 minutes away from where I lived. That same day I was getting ready to walk down a different field, I was to walk down the aisle to be married. Similar to the game, I knew this was … Read more
Labor of Love for Aging parents: 7 warning signs of health problems Watching an older parent become frail and disintegrate — becoming isolated and depressed — is among the most difficult stresses experienced by adult children today. They don’t have to mind us or even listen – since they have always been the adult. What prompted … Read more
Your partner apologizes and says the hurtful behavior won’t happen again — but you know and fear it will. At times you wonder whether you’re imagining or exaggerating the silent treatments, the abusive language the put downs from left field; being blamed for something you had no knowledge of control over, yet the emotional or physical … Read more
Use rejection to your advantage – Part 3 of 3 A rejection is a chance to consider if there are things we can work on. It’s OK to think about whether there’s room for improvement or if your goals were higher than your skills. Sometimes a rejection is a hard reality check. But if you … Read more
As we delve into sandal season and kick off the unofficial summer season with Memorial Day, it’s time to kick off your warm clothes and your dark thoughts! Incidentally, your feet have not only been longing for some time in the sun, they have also been your key to clarity of the mind and stabilization of … Read more
Have you noticed how much you hide in your life? Have you noticed how most of your thoughts, feelings and emotions are lived just underneath the surface of what you show to the world? Every day you wear a mask hiding your true self beneath. You’ve probably adapted, conformed, perhaps changed your thoughts and feelings to please … Read more
When did you have a nice cry? Did you cry your heart out and let it all out? How did you feel afterwards – a bit of relief and comfort? After you were done crying, did you become aware of the things in your life that are going well for you but could not see … Read more
Memory-is pictures of place and time stored in your mind. The impact of past events on our personalities, our health, our performance, and our association with others is tremendous. The ability to access these memories and to understand and fix them has been the focus of therapeutic tools such as progression and regression, hypnoanalysis. Various scientific … Read more
