Thoughts of a Therapist
An Open Letter From an Adult Child to Their Parents
I took a poll of 50 adults and asked them to write down and indicate what’s the one thing they would want their parent to know. They had an opportunity to have either one or both parents in mind and could write whatever they felt – whether it be positive or negative....
Life Lessons From a Family Mission in Africa
I spent six days in Uganda on a mission serving the Abayudaya Tribe and the surrounding communities in five villages near the city of Mbale. In honor of my son’s Bar Mitzvah we fundraised for mosquito nets, notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners and soccer balls. My...
8 Things Research Revealed About Weight Loss & Lifelong Health
I recently ran an eight-week group for five families. The children ranged from 10 to 21 years of age. Parents and their children met in two separate groups where they had the opportunity to explore a variety of challenges around healthful eating and lifelong health....
The 8 Critical Lessons Parents Should Teach Their Children
There is certainly no instruction booklet on how to help our children foster positive 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...
Challenges of Parenting I Never Signed Up For
Challenges Of Parenting I Never Signed Up For: Living In An Overtly Violent World I distinctly remember being upstate in a bungalow colony and feeling overwhelming fear because I overheard that the “Son of Sam” was earmarking and attacking young women with blond hair....
Why It’s So Hard to Practice Mindfulness in the Midst of Terrorism
An edition of People magazine at the newsstand with the cover titled, “Faces of Orlando” caught my eye. Each victim was listed with a brief bio describing who they personally were. I teetered on wanting to know more about each of the victims and not wanting to know...
