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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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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As I come out of 2012, I look back and see the achievement of a major goal: I’ve stopped to smell the roses. As we enter the New Year together, I hear people commenting on how they’d like to take more time to smell the roses. This is an admirable and achievable goal. Especially because
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NYTimes Well Blog looks into “Why Afternoon May Be the Best Time to Exercise” By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Find the article at the link above. A few quick notes of my own in italics: But, Dr. Colwell says, that clock can become discombobulated. It is easily confused, for instance, by viewing artificial light in the evening, he
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A brief video intro I made as part of a web-app development project with a colleague. While the description of my work isn’t comprehensive (yes, I work with people outside the age range I give in the video), it can give you a good sense of who I am and how I work. Also, I
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An accessible, brief article on managing daily anxieties to avoid the pot boiling over. Not quite novel, but well said. “If you worry about everything, it will get in the way of what you really need to address,” she explained. “The best decisions are not made when your mind is spinning out of control, racing
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“Resolution, Not Conflict” is the blog of my mentor and colleague, Susan Heitler. You can find it here. Here’s a quick sample of an interesting post she’s recently added: “4. Enjoyment Any kind of shared fun builds a sense of closeness. Folks that laugh together like being together. 5. Newness and fright Slightly anxiety-producing activities and any activities that have
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Psychedelics in Palliative Care: How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death From the New York Times, August 19, 2012 To help address the crippling, intoxicating fear of death, its anxieties and uncertainties, researchers are opening their minds: “a study being conducted by Charles Grob, a psychiatrist and researcher at Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center who was
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Beware: Individual Therapy Can Harm Your Marriage How a therapist’s error led her to better treatment methods. Published on February 24, 2012 by Susan Heitler, Ph.D. in Resolution, Not Conflict
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