Thoughts of a Therapist
20 Ways to Mindfully Shift Your Mindset
This year has had its challenges. I experienced the shocking and traumatic loss of my almost 16-year-old nephew. I also shared in the travesties experienced by my patients. The unexpected and premature loss of my long-term patient’s young adult daughter, a patient...
Inspiring Our Youth to Save Our Planet & 22 Tips on How We Can All Pitch In
My 16-year-old son Foster had the honor of interning this summer for Parley For The Oceans in NYC and also attended their program called Ocean Uprise in Hawaii, “an immersive approach to environmental education with the goal of inspiring marine conservation and...
Mindfulness in the Midst of All of These Mass Shootings
A name and brief bio is offered on several media outlets of the victims from the El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio mass shootings. I teeter on wanting to know more about each of them, and not wanting to know. I’m fearful that if I “know” them, my pain will intensify,...
10 Mindful Lessons to Transform Relationships
There is certainly no instruction booklet on how to foster meaningful relationships. The way we first learn is through modeling our parent’s behavior, by process of elimination, and through on the job training when we’re thrust into our social worlds in school and...
Why Avoiding Anxiety Is Contributing to Our Suffering
And What To Do Instead I work with patients who are in considerable pain. Deep and intense pain surfaces because of expected and unexpected challenging life circumstances. I connect with my empathy and deep compassion while I attune and support them through their...
To My Husband on Father’s Day: I Get You
Fatherhood in America is changing. According to the Pew Research Center, 57% of fathers are saying that parenting is extremely important to their identity [i]. Also, on average, dads are taking a more central role in childcare than in the past [ii]. While on average...
