This collection of secrets is sad to read. So many unfulfilled lives and unmet needs. If therapy wasn’t assigned the stigma it now carries, many of these people would benefit much from the experience. Please help tear down the stigma around therapy so those who need it, the seemingly confident and secretly depressed, the seemingly […]
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Here are some curated Resources for Speaking with Children about Tragedy & Violence from Dr. Brene Brown, a researcher and professor on vulnerability and courage. If you haven’t seen her Ted talks, take the time by clicking here.
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Brene Brown, Ph.D. has become one of my favorite lecturers and writers on the human condition. Her work on vulnerability and shame is powerful and accessible. You can see her TED profile & talks here. In this short clip, a part of a longer interview you can connect to here, Dr. Brown discusses the nature
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Psychology Today’s website offers lots of good reading. I’ve posted some of Susan Heitler’s blog here before. Recently, a friend introduced me to another blogger, Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Her blog Living Single discusses “the truth about singles in our society.” Recently, she’s offered several short pieces on consensual non-monogamous relationships. Are Monogamous Relationships Really Better? Science scrutinizes monogamy Here’s
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I recently participated in a project with mystrength.com, a web app that provides resources and services for well being and mental health. Above is one of my short video tips they use and that I can share with you. I’d love to hear from you about this idea. You can find me at my website
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Wherein Frank Bruni discusses the courage he found to open up to his father and the courage his father found, through deliberation and reflection, to see his son for all that he is. “FOR a long while, my father’s way of coping was to walk quietly from the room. He doesn’t remember this. I do.
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“Loving speech is an important aspect of practice. We say only loving things. We say the truth in a loving way, with nonviolence. This can only be done when we are calm. When we are irritated, we may say things that are destructive. So when we feel irritated, we should refrain from saying anything. We
“WE found out by text message. “Don’t get on the plane. The birth mother is unsure.” It was 6 a.m. in December in Seattle. A quiet stillness — the kind only possible after a month of winter rain and gloom — threatened to envelop us. We began our vigil, calling the Louisiana social worker not
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