Mental Health

We’ve all heard horror stories from friends and loved ones about how a bride-to-be can turn into a bridezilla during the wedding planning process. If you’ve ever wondered how a stable, sensible woman can descend into the dark realm of the bridezilla, here’s a little glimpse behind the curtain. 1. …

Would you be surprised if I told you that the valedictorian of your local high school, a girl that was not only gifted academically, but was involved in several extracurricular activities and had many friends was suicidal and has attempted to take her own life? She showed no signs of …

When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you see your flaws and blemishes or your beauty and potential? Many people have no problem reciting hundreds of flaws, but struggle to list off just a few good qualities or things they love about themselves. How can you …

The SNAP Challenge, where a person eats for one week on the equivalent of what they would receive in food stamps is quite chic these days.  Journalists, politicians and community activists have taken the challenge–both to highlight the plight of the hungry or to point out that with proper budgeting–it …

How did you learn to be a parent? And how do you know when your parenting is helping to create a wise and capable future adult and when it is getting in the way? Having spent years working with parents, I see some repeating parenting styles – some productive, many …

Our world speaks at us. It tells us what is valuable, what success looks like, what to believe, what to drive, how to live and on and on… With so many “directives” coming at us, how do we help our kids discover, develop and live who they really are? We …

We want our kids to succeed in life. That seems reasonable and loving. But the way we encourage them to get to that success may be unreasonable and unrealistic and do more harm than good. We want our kids to have straight As in school, get accepted to best colleges, …

Parents tell. It’s what we do. We have been on the planet longer than our kids so we think we know what they need and how they need it. Over-parenting – our parents did this. Their parents did this. It’s easy to see why it still happens. And I’ll agree …

How often are we so caught up in worry, thinking about all the things we have to do, places we have to be, people we have to argue with, kids throwing up in the back seat, you know, life that we miss the signs that something amazing is about to …

One of my greatest frustrations with the idea of “being spiritual” is this notion that the response to our actions is really the responsibility of the person reacting. I suppose that’s true, I mean I know it’s true that everything we see and hear and experience is almost entirely painted …