depression
Grief Counseling: Time for a Dose of My Own Medicine
It’s been a little more than three months since Mom passed. In the first two months, I had several days that felt like years that were never going to end. I cried a lot. And I tried my best to get back into a regular routine only to be bushwhacked by waves of emotion. I…
Read MoreMom, Plan “B” and the Challenges of Life
I wrote a post about two months ago about how Holly and I were taking a “mini-sabbatical” for the month of August. After all of our careful preparations and articulate planning, much of which included having extra sets of eyes and ears to watch over my 94 year-old mother, we thought we were totally prepared…
Read MoreI Hear Voices…
“There’s this little voice in my head,” as I’ve heard many clients state over the years. Are they having auditory hallucinations? No, they’re simply describing a series of negative thoughts that create negative emotions. And this all gets in the way of taking the healthiest course of action. There’s an epidemic of these little voices…
Read MoreWhat is Your Healthy Space?
I’m enjoying green tea infused with pomegranate this morning in my very cool new YETI tumbler. I enjoy this satellite office of mine at Panera. I can sit outside in fresh air, get free Internet and not bother anyone when I come or go. This is “healthy space.” What do you do to create healthy…
Read MoreThe “Other” A.D.D.: Addiction, Depression and Divorce and an Emotionally Intelligent Curriculum for Prevention, Expression and Connection
Addiction, depression and divorce…oh my! Like the unknown yellow brick road into the Land of Oz, confronting these three maladies can be very scary. And, from the statistics you’re about to see, apparently not important enough for us to put more resources into the prevention thereof. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse: The…
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