I’m digging this article that appeared on FastCompany.com: 10 Career Lessons You Should Learn By Your 30’s. You can (and should!) read the entire article. The mistakes I hear about most in the career work that I do are #1 (“Your Dream Job is a Dud”), #5 (“You Have a Nightmare Boss”), and #6 (You…
Make no mistake: I was overjoyed at the Supreme Court’s decision to make gay marriage a legal thing in this country. Nine years ago, after spending five hours in the ER with my partner and after helping the doctor set his shattered leg, I was told that I could not accompany him to his hospital…
What is hypnotherapy, and how can it help? Hypnotherapy is very simply a way to relax the active, conscious mind, and allow the wisdom of the deeper unconscious mind to come forward. Our active mind can only hold a few objects of knowledge at a time – and the more stressed we are, the less…
I’ve been hanging out with grief a lot this spring. In March, my dad passed away, and then over Memorial Day weekend I had the privilege of staffing the TAPS Good Grief Camp, a camp for military families who have lost a loved one. This is my one opportunity a year to work with kids:…
We’ve all been told that relationships are hard – and that’s true. But sometimes it’s difficult to know if the relationship is hard because it’s working, or is it hard because it’s just not a viable relationship. In a viable relationship, the hard work pays off. In a relationship that isn’t working, the hard work…
1) The most important piece about counseling is not the technique. The most important part is the relationship and the trust. You’re better off with a therapist that you like and trust than a therapist who may have a lot of book knowledge: years of research indicate that “factors such as empathy, warmth, and the…
In preparing to teach a meditation retreat this weekend, I’ve spent the early part of this week thinking of my top 10 favorite pieces of advice about meditation that I’ve come across over the years. Here they are. May it be of benefit! Understand that meditation is not about “not thinking,” but about coming back…
In 2010, Rob Delaney, comedian, posted a blog post called “On Depression & Getting Help.” A few days ago, the link came up on Twitter, and not having read it, I did. So worth it. Two things that I love about this: first, that he tells his story – because of the stigma that mental…
The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober by Jennifer MatesaMy rating: 5 of 5 starsWho knew that a non-fiction book on recovery from addictions could be interesting enough to be a page turner, helpful enough for me to recommend to many of my clients (I’m a psychotherapist in private practice),…