When was the last time you experienced true wonder? When was the last time you were awestruck? Why is it that when we become adults, our imagination seems to disappear and our capability for awe and wonder seems nowhere to be found? Your capability for...
Whether we realize it or not, we use coping strategies everyday. Some maybe as subtle as sleeping in to avoid the traffic or procrastinating on a project or term paper due (guilty) hoping it will just do it itself. It is when our unhealthy habits...
You feel your heart beating harder and faster in your chest. A lump forms in your throat. The sound of the person talking to you fades into the background as your own thoughts and concerns become all-consuming. Maybe you feel a turning in your stomach...
Springtime always seems to bring with it an energy and a busyness that comes out of nowhere, at least for me! Out of the darkness and chill of winter, life bursts forth, and suddenly I’ve got a million items on my to-do list and a...
This is a frequent conversation I have with my adolescent clients. Phil: Mom tells me that you refuse to wash dishes. Is that right? Steve: Yah Phil: Why don’t you like to wash dishes? Steve: Not fun Phil: Really . . . I washed dishes...
Over 10 years ago, I taped a prayer onto my kitchen cupboard where I would see it often. It was an extremely challenging time in my personal and family life. I felt anxious, stressed, burdened and grieved. I needed the daily (sometimes hourly) reminder that...
If your business is struggling, is it possible that it’s because you know your financial statements better than you know your people? If, as a therapist and former business owner, I could make just one recommendation to owners of struggling businesses it would be this;...
Although crisis is often unpredictable, there are predictable phases that we experience. Knowing these might allow a struggle to be normalized. Phases of a crisis: Impact stage - learning new information that is overwhelming. This may include being stunned, numb, immediate grief, anger etc. This...
"I didn’t mean to hit them! I just got really mad all of the sudden.” “I can’t concentrate on anything right now!” “I wasn’t trying to distract the class, I was just feeling kind of hyper.” “I planned to go home to finish that project...next...
A white Caucasian male in his mid-to-late thirties sits down for lunch in his mother’s kitchen. He slowly enjoys the sandwich he has made for himself, along with a handful of Sea Salt and Vinegar potato chips, (which for the sake of losing a few...