In over a decade of private practice, I’ve never spoken to a single client who was inspired to seek therapy predominantly because they’re unhappy with the way they use their phone. And yet, hundreds of clients have expressed to me [...]
Several years ago, an acquaintance from my gym turned to me, mid-workout, and said, “hey, I’ve always wanted to ask a therapist something. Are people just, like, really boring?” I was flabbergasted – not only because the answer is that [...]
Recently, I visited a corn maze and enjoyed the process of getting lost on purpose. If you’ve never been to a corn maze, here’s how it works: A farm sets it up months in advance by planting corn seeds in [...]
Take a bubble bath! Get a massage or a pedicure! Go for a walk and take deep breaths! I used to be dogmatic about encouraging clients to practice self-care. “What are you doing for self-care?” I would ask. I did [...]
“The hardest thing in the world is to live in it,” said Buffy the Vampire Slayer, just before leaping into the abyss to stop the (an?) apocalypse-in-progress. That was in the year 2000, and more than 20 years later, this [...]
When my toddler was a year old, I sat him in front of a giant art pad with a jumbo crayon into his hand. Of course, the first thing he did was put the crayon in his mouth, but with [...]
This is an article about parenting. But if you’re not a parent, hang in there – there’s something for you too. Because any time we talk about parenting, it’s also worth reflecting on how you were parented, and how that [...]
Having moved so much of our lives online, a lot of people struggle with Zoom Fatigue. Here's how to stop that from impacting your online therapy sessions.
About five years ago, I wrote a blog article called “100 Strategies to Help You Practice Self-Care”, and to this day, it is still the most viewed post on our site. True to its name, it’s a list of 100 [...]
When I was a young child, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, now called “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Inattentive Type” or ADHD. It meant that even though I was very smart, I had trouble focusing, and I struggled in [...]