Overthinking, Avoidance, and Regret These have been three of the most heinous poisons in my own life. And it took an unprecedented national tragedy for me to start getting past them. In the wake of...Read More
“I really should be like this…” “Man, that person really has it all together and I’m a mess!” I have found that there are two very common and self-defeating comparisons we make. One is to some...Read More
Codependency. This term comes up quite a bit in therapy. I find codependency to be one of the more slippery terms in psychology and personal growth. It’s exact definition is one of those “depends...Read More
My teen clients like to joke that “mindfulness” is every therapist’s favorite word and skill to use these days. They’re not far off. It seems to be in the running with asking “And how do...Read More
Chances are, you haven’t played the card game Uno in a while… unless, of course, you have a young(ish) kid. I do. And so I have… played A LOT of Uno lately. As in daily. Literally, almost every...Read More
Mood-altering substances. (C’mon, you know you love them and use them sometimes, too.) I brew one first thing in the morning. I take the paper wrapper and foil off another one for a sweet treat. And...Read More
