My Mother’s Day Mantra I embrace everyday how ineffective I feel as a mother. My perception of ineffectiveness gets evoked all the time. Whether it’s because my children perceive me as not being good enough, personally feeling inadequate or me actually not putting...
The Key To Keeping the Weight Off: Employ A Mind-Body Approach As a psychotherapist and researcher focusing on overeating and obesity in our youth, I find the New York Times article, “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight” to be educational...
Best Method for Self-Improvement: Strengthen Your Frustration Muscle I’m sitting here on a flight going back to New York and I can’t help but smirk as I realize my frustration tolerance is being tested yet again. I didn’t have the opportunity to meditate this morning...
No Topic Is Off Limits When Communicating With Your Child I was that kid. The child who was ashamed and never wanted to talk about my eating and exercise behaviors and the kid that was not approached about it in a supportive, caring and compassionate way to foster...
I work with an array of patients who very often express regrets; some being more serious than others. I hear, “I wish I didn’t say what I did, I just inadvertently and impulsively blurted it out”, “If only I chose another college, then I wouldn’t have ended up back...
I am reaching out to you as I’m looking for kids and teens (Middle School and High School age) and their parents/families that are interested in understanding the psychological/emotional barriers that get in the way of them sustaining lifelong change in regard to...
I had a patient who was concerned that he wasn’t relaying to me all of the information that he needed to in order for me to understand him and thereby effectively help him. He described how he felt more comfortable writing his thoughts and feelings rather than...
I all too often hear clients complaining about their personal attributes. They express sentiments like, “I’m too sensitive and even the littlest things affect me”, “I worry about the most ridiculous things”, “I’m overly angry”, “I’m always so negative”, “I have a...
I just had an opportunity to see Zoolander 2. As Derek first looks for his son after many years of being apart, he fanaticizes about him being athletic, thin and good looking. He’s disappointed and aghast when he’s met by “Fatlander” -- the way his son is referred to...
We all have our own distinct story and define “dysfunction” in our own way, as it impacts each of us differently. Whatever the dysfunction is and to whatever extent, letting it have power over you and sustain control over your life is taking away from the life you...
