Positive Psychology | Self-care | Skills and Strategies
Jan 25, 2015 | 2 comments
Did you know, the average person has approximately 12,000 thoughts a day? According to the National Science Foundation, if you are a deep thinker, you have closer to 50,000 thoughts in a day. And I th...
Self-care | Skills and Strategies
Jan 04, 2015 | No comments
The New Year brings a myriad of reactions for people; joy, sorrow, relief, anxiety, happiness and hope. Not everyone experiences the changing of the numbers the same way. Many people I know have a ...
Uncategorized
Dec 14, 2014 | No comments
Last week, everyone in my family slept late. Normally, not a big deal, but on a school day, it’s problematic and stressful. Of course we forgot to make school lunches the night before, my six-year-o...
Uncategorized
Dec 10, 2014 | No comments
In three weeks, we will say goodbye to 2014 and welcome the New Year. High on the list of New Years resolutions will be to lose weight and eat healthier. Just watch television in the evening, most c...
Family of Origin | In-law Relatioship | Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Nov 30, 2014 | 1 comment
How was your Thanksgiving? Peaceful, relaxing and enjoyable? Did everything go just as planned with no stress? Did you have moments with your parents, in-laws or siblings that were enjoyable,...
Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Nov 23, 2014 | 1 comment
Ready or not, time is ticking and the holiday season is upon us. Although retailers have us convinced the season started back in October when Halloween decor and candy shared space along Christmas and...
Children | Parenting | Skills and Strategies
Nov 16, 2014 | 1 comment
Parents all over ponder this question daily-"What are we going to have for dinner?" Here is an important question to add-"Can we make it a family dinner?" There is a growing body of social science ...
Child Development | Mental Health | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Oct 14, 2014 | No comments
The world of late seems overwhelmingly saturated with awful, heart-wrenching events in local, national and world news. Every day there seems to be negative, scary, and overwhelming information bombard...
Marriage/Partnership
Sep 20, 2014 | 2 comments
Browse your local bookstore or search online-book retailers and you will find many self-help books for couples on marriage. One of my favorite researchers is Dr. Judith Wallerstein, a psychologist, ha...
Mental Health
Aug 21, 2014 | 1 comment
September is Suicide Awareness Month. While it can be a difficult topic to talk about, we need to be talking about it and reaching out to those who are feeling isolated, hopeless and having thoughts o...
Listen To Your Mother-Providence 2014
Aug 06, 2014 | 1 comment
Last post, The Story Behind the Story, I shared the inspiration behind my story "Are You Hoping for a Boy? at Listen to Your Mother (LTYM)/Providence 2014. In this post, I want to share a little...
Motherhood | Stress in Motherhood | Writing Life
Jul 20, 2014 | 2 comments
The two roles which take up most of my time are mother and psychologist. Of course, there are other roles I am asked to step into every day: wife, sister, friend, writer, etc. Balancing all of these r...