Year: 2012
Even after a career as a human performance specialist and now as a life coach and therapist, I’m still naïve enough to be tempted to implement a dozen or so good New Year’s resolutions. But this year I’m clinging to two principles: “First things first” and “biggest bang for the buck.” The adage from of […]
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In my latest blog post for Pamela’s Punch, I explore how to talk to people who are going through loss: How to Talk to Grieving People
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David Brooks in his recent New York Times article “The Heart Grows Smarter” summarizes the findings of the Grant Study. One of the findings is that men who didn’t have at least one warm positive influence in their early life tend not to fare as well as those who did. “But as this […]
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What Has Love got to do with it??? So what do we really know about the benefits of marriage, love and/or a committed relationship? Where are the arguments for a stable relationship? One argument that we might not think about too often is better health. Not surprisingly, there are positive health benefits to a […]
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I recently celebrated a friend’s 50th birthday by attending the musical “Menopause.” The group of us laughed so hard that tears were streaming down our cheeks. At the end of the play the audience was invited up to the stage for women to unite around this season of life. SEASON of life it is! I […]
READ ARTICLEAt the end of September 2012, I am completing my final weekend of a year-long course in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. This training has been a life-changing experience and has sharpened my skills as a therapist. The model is recent in terms of the history of psychotherapy. Dr. Richard Schwartz, originally trained as […]
READ ARTICLEAttachment parenting is a term coined by pediatrician and father William Sears. A number of attachment parenting bloggers like this wiki definition of attachment parenting, and so do I: Attachment parenting is a parenting philosophy based on the principles of attachment theory in developmental psychology. According to attachment theory, the child forms a strong emotional […]
READ ARTICLEI just love yard sales! This afternoon while walking with my family I saw a sign. We got in and started to search for hidden treasures. Chatting with the sellers, we found out that they were selling their parents’ belongings. One of the siblings said “It is the hardest thing to say goodbye to all […]
READ ARTICLEHave you ever had a situation that goes something like this?: You meet someone and it feels like the stars align. This person is so into you and lavishes you with attention, romance and gifts. The relationship moves very quickly and it feels like you have met “the one.” Months down the road when things […]
READ ARTICLEYou’ve probably heard the relationship advice, “You can be right, or you can be together.” Often when we get into conflict with our partners, we hold on with every ounce of our being to the conviction that we are right…and surrendering that assumption may feel like capitulation in the heat of an argument. One of […]
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