Thoughts of a Therapist
Our Chatty Minds: Embracing Our Fundamental Humanness
I often refer to our chatty mind. OUR relentless mind that typically chimes sentiments of concern, worry, fear, disappointment and frustration. Our mind’s level of chattiness varies. I encourage you to ask yourself how chatty is your mind? If it’s not readily clear,...
Confidence Building Strategies for You & Your Children: No One “Makes” Us Feel Anyway About Anything
It is uncanny how often I sit in my office and am faced with patients who are thoughtful, caring, intelligent, attractive, etc. The challenge is that they don’t see it in themselves. The picture they paint and express is so counter to who I see before me. If I were to...
Take the Words “Willpower” & “Motivation” Out of Your Vocabulary: Are You Willing to Take Effective Action Toward Your Health?
We don’t have “willpower” & “motivation” muscles or bones in our bodies that are earmarked and dictate our level of willingness. We decide whether to take effective action based on the value we place on our health. It is our sabotaging thoughts that get us stuck...
Getting off the Roller Coaster: On Track for Weight Loss & Weight Management
We have heard it all before, “eat less and exercise more.” We are aware of and are constantly reminded of that “simple” formula. If it’s so elementary why are so many of us not sticking to the program? What’s getting in the way? How do we work on this in a sound way...
Holding Onto Gratitude & Living Life in the Moment
Through my nonprofit foundation “Thru My Eyes” where we create at no cost living legacies for individuals who are chronically medically ill, I had the opportunity to videotape a 42 year old man who lives in CA and was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He was...
A Given Choice: Dehumanize or Be Humanistic
I took the opportunity tonight to go to a memorial service in honor of the three teenage boys who were found murdered yesterday in Israel. I felt compelled to have a place to mourn, to be surrounded by community and felt I needed to do something proactively and...
