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Are Holiday Traditions Sacrosanct or Can They Be Changed?
With the winter holidays approaching, many are faced with both anticipation and anxiety. For some it brings back memories of delight and magic and for others, dread and mayhem. It...
Today I Love Organization
Today I love organization, I love finding my way through a mess and being done with it. I love putting things to rights even though I don’t always bother to...
Podcast: Are We Addicted to Technology?
It’s often claimed (and not without good reason) that we are addicted to technology, from the tiny screens of our phones and the temptations of social media to the...
129 Reasons to Be Happy You Are Happily Single
Previously, I shared that list of “129 ways to get a husband” that has gone viral on social media. To me, it amounted to 129 reminders of how happy I...
Transactional Analysis: Tool for Developing a Healthy Life
Transactional Analysis (TA) was created by Eric Berne in the 1960s as a form of cognitive behavior therapy. Here are some of the basic ideas regarding this type of therapy,...
Why It’s Important to Resist Saying, “Look At Everything I’ve Done For You,” When You’re...
Some days of parenting end up in total exhaustion. And when we’re exhausted, we fall back on our parenting laurels to get us through difficult moments. Today was a day...
5 Questions to Improve Understanding
Normally, things run smooth and our emotions and thoughts work in harmony towards a common goal. However under situations of stress, unresolved anger, private sorrow, or paralyzing fear may flood...
Getting a Job: Using Public Service Agencies
We’ve talked about the application form and the interview, and now it’s time to bring up public service agencies whose job it is to help people with disabilities find jobs....
Six Common Thinking Errors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Today I discuss six common thinking errors (or maladaptive beliefs) in obsessive-compulsive disorder. These are different from the ten cognitive thinking errors I have discussed previously. I
What Does ‘True Love’ Really Mean?
Once you understand, it’s a game-changer. Many people find themselves disappointed when what they thought was “true love” goes wrong. You may have been through a series of relationships you...
How to Cut Down on Internet Time With ADHD
Show me an ADHDer and I’ll show you a compulsive internet user in the making. The internet has almost everything the ADHD brain craves – instant rewards, constant stimulation, endless...
8 Ways Asperger’s, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing Disorder, & Synesthesia Intersect
The wires in my brain seem to be configured by some elaborate practical joke. There are either way too many or too few connecting this input to the corresponding cortex,...
Chronic Illness? Tips To Help You When You Crash
Most people with chronic illness experience a crash once in a while. It happened to me recently. I felt well (as well as someone with fibro, CFS, arthritis and trigeminal...
Poetry And Expressing Yourself
Trying to describe your illness and explain how it affects you can be extremely difficult I find, especially when it comes to mental illness. I can find it difficult to...
Breaking Free from Unskillful Patterns
We’re helpless victims of our conditioning until we become conscious. ~ Ajan Sumato Linda: Some of us come into marriage with an optimistic attitude; and some of us are aware that we...
Driving With ADHD
Do you have ADHD? Do you drive a vehicle? Are you safe doing that? There are obvious problems for us when we’re behind the wheel. The big one is obviously...
Beginners Guide To Identifying A New Therapist
Beginners Guide To Identifying An Effective New Therapist Seeking a new therapist for yourself or your child can be a daunting task. No one wants to engage in a false...
Family And Holidays: 5 Challenges You May Face
What is your perspective on the holiday season this year? Did it come too fast for you? Or are you ready? There are mixed emotions this year from so many...
Liesl von Trapp: A Stark yet Inspiring Tale of NON-Codependence
Codependence may be my Waterloo. The dysfunction so interwoven in my DNA, the fabric of my being that it will haunt me to the grave. But when that thought discourages...
A Mindful Meditation for Parents: Coping with This Chaotic World
I have read articles recently describing how we are becoming immune to all the chaos. Although coping by way of cutting off my feelings could come in handy right about...
Research Suggests Link Between Obesity and Depression
New evidence points to a link between obesity and depression, even in the absence of additional health problems. The findings stem from a large scale genomic analysis which suggests the...
Behavioral Therapy for Obesity Shown to Aid in Weight Loss
Obese patients who receive regular sessions of intensive behavioral therapy (IBT), which provides diet and physical activity counseling, can achieve meaningful weight loss in six to 12 months, according to...
Perception of Multitasking Can Aid Performance
Although research has shown that actual multitasking hinders performance of individual tasks, a new study finds that if we believe we are multitasking then our performance is improved by helping...
Warmer Winter Temps May Be Tied to More Crime
Crime rates may be related to how outside temperatures affect our daily lives, according to a new study published in the journal GeoHealth. The researchers say that milder winter weather...
Parental Interventions to Improve Behavior Are Not Just for Youngest Kids
A new study from the U.K. finds that parenting interventions for children with behavior problems are just as effective in school-age as in younger children. Findings from the Oxford University...
Study: Suicidal Patients on Prescribed Drugs Should Be Closely Monitored
Prescriptions for psychotropic drugs, such anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medications, may make it easier for some patients to use the drugs in attempted suicides, according to a new study by researchers...
