Help for Addictions
Addiction in the Family If you find yourself screaming for hope and help with addictions, I’d highly recommend you pick up this just-released …
Shoulding
Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself My favorite psychologist, the late great Dr. Albert Ellis, coined this term: “shoulding.” We tend to tell …
Perspective
The Blind Men and the Elephant Three blind men come across an elephant. The first man happens upon its leg, and concludes it’s a tree. The …
Black Lives Matter
If we are not more outraged by the murder of George Floyd than by the burning and looting, then we are justifying having a knee on the neck of our …
“F” Words
As an addictions and trauma specialist, I am offering deep discounts for clients at this time when many need help the most and can least afford it. …
PTSD – Not Just About Soldiers
We’re on the heels of two major tragedies in California. I’ve been asked to speak about trauma and PTSD recently. Most people associate …
Remembering Them…
We lost two tremendously talented creative people this week in eerily similar ways. While there are about as many reasons for taking one’s life …
Weinstein & Spacey & Moore, Oh My!
Since I started writing this article about a week ago, I have literally not been able to keep up with the list of those accused of sexual harassment, …
Make America Greater – Not Great “Again”
“Those kids have every right to protest.” – John Middlemas, 97-year-old WWII Veteran I’ve given a lot of thought to the …