Last week, I had the privilege of joining Dr. Wendy O'Connor and Jenni Wilson as the guest on their podcast: The Relationship Show. I originally met Jenni through her work for LA-CAMFT, a professional organization for Los Angeles based therapists. She coordinates [...]
Over a year ago, I wrote a series of articles about recognizing symptoms of workplace burnout and how you can manage that with self-care. I described that burnout often looks like depression: you have trouble getting out of bed, you don’t enjoy [...]
Yesterday, on Valentine’s Day, maybe you bought someone flowers. Maybe you took them out to dinner or prepared them an extravagant meal. Maybe you told them you love them to the world and back, and wrote them a card saying [...]
That was then… The year is 1993. You wake up in the morning, you brush your teeth, take a shower, and get dressed. Before settling in for breakfast, you retrieve the newspaper from the patio of your home and glance [...]
It’s amazing what a person can grow accustomed to. I wrote a few months ago about how stressful it was when I went into my office one day to find that my building was under construction. Everything was scaffolding and [...]
I’ve been talking a lot about self-care this week. It seems that in trying times, the superpower I can offer people – whether it’s friends, clients, or strangers on the internet – is the question, “what are you doing to take [...]
I recently became aware of a New York Times op-ed from earlier this year called “Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ is Terrible Advice”. The article explains that while authenticity is the buzzword du jour, it’s actually not something most of us [...]
Welcome to 2017! It’s time to make some resolutions for the New Year! But how do you do that in a way to maximize your likelihood of success? Let’s start by identifying your New Year’s Resolution style with a fun [...]
I spent the better part of 2016 planning my wedding, and in that process, I learned a lot. I learned how to negotiate a vendor contract to make sure my interests were protected. I learned how to delegate and then [...]
Recently (and not-so-recently), I’ve written a lot about assertiveness – how it can feel mean but is actually the kindest form of communication, and how being "nice" is overrated. One of the most viewed articles on this blog is about [...]