Communication | Skills and Strategies | Social Relationships
Oct 04, 2015 | No comments
Have you ever stopped to consider how powerful it is to listen to someone? When was the last time you felt someone truly listened to you? Listening is transformative, not only for the receiver o...
Mental Health | Positive Psychology | Skills and Strategies
Sep 17, 2015 | 1 comment
My husband Jim loves football and is a huge Patriots and Tom Brady fan. In the twenty years we have been together, I don't think he has ever missed watching a game. This week, my husband picked up an ...
Marriage/Partnership | Skills and Strategies
Aug 13, 2015 | No comments
Dear Dr. Claire, My husband and I have been married for nine years and have two children, a three-year-old and five-year-old. My husband works long hours and travels; I am in charge of the kids from ...
Children | Parenting | Skills and Strategies
Aug 02, 2015 | No comments
When pets come into our lives, they become part of our families. In the day-to-day hustle of family life, pets fold into our routine and habits. In turn, we make accommodations for them creating feedi...
Children | Motherhood | Parenting | Skills and Strategies
Jul 27, 2015 | No comments
I can hardly believe we're thinking about back to school when it seems I just started to settle into a summer routine. For years now, this time of year brings a twinge of melancholy as I'm bombarded w...
Communication | Skills and Strategies
Apr 16, 2015 | No comments
Pregnancy loss is a term to describe many different losses; miscarriages, both in first and second trimester, and later pregnancy loss, often referred to as neonatal loss, including stillborn babies a...
Skills and Strategies | Social Relationships
Apr 12, 2015 | 2 comments
Apologizing is both an art and a skill. Many people do it wrong. Historically, women apologize too often; for having an opinion, being assertive or accomplished, and for expressing their feeling...
Communication | Mental Health | Self-care | Skills and Strategies | Stress in Motherhood
Apr 02, 2015 | 1 comment
The past winter has been anything but typical in my household. Living in the Northeast, we've had massive amounts of snow, which equals lots of snow days and missed school. Add to the mix, colds and v...
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 ...
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...