Book Review: A New Theory of Teenagers
For parents, the teen years can be nothing short of tumultuous. Teenagers’ intense sensitivity, hair-trigger emotions, and seemingly unhinged behavior can make parents feel as if they have no power…
Self-Help
ADHD and Work: 9 Tips for Thriving at the Office
Adults with ADHD are all-too aware of their shortcomings at work and regularly bash themselves for their inconsistent productivity and sinking motivation. But there are many things you can do…
Can Self-Care and Hard Work Co-exist?
Self-care. Hard Work. We don’t normally think of them together. We think of self-care as passive and sensitive: relaxing, taking “us” time, listening to our bodies. Hard work, we associate…
Don’t Let That Inner Critic Derail Your Goals! How to Grow Inner Resources for Change
Perhaps this scenario sounds familiar: You decide to change a behavior that isn’t serving you (like quitting smoking or spending less time on electronics) or you want to add a behavior…
Book Review: The Emotionally Healthy Child
How do you raise an emotionally healthy child in a world that seems focused on selfies, immediate gratification, and constant stimulation? It is a question that has likely troubled many…
Book Review: Relationship Sanity
Compassionate, loving relationships seem to be the crucible of our lives. We desperately want to feel loved, needed, and close to another, and yet at the same time, quite often…
Book Review: Stan & the Four Fantastic Powers
Stan and the Four Fantastic Powers is a richly dynamic book with a powerful and inspiring message, and it is the first book to be written based on the concepts,…
Book Review: What If This Were Enough?
At a time when we are relentlessly urged to do better, be better, improve ourselves, be happy, and display our happiness for all to see, what a relief it would…
Book Review: The Self-Confidence Workbook
Contrary to what people who lack self-confidence might believe, the trait is not inborn. Nor is it a constant; even self-confident people suffer bouts of self-doubt. And if obstacles to…
Book Review: The Empath’s Survival Guide
“Like many empathic children, I never fit in. In fact, I felt like an alien on earth waiting to be transported to my real home in the stars,” writes Judith…
Book Review: Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster
Are you a super feeler? Are you easily overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you act out in ways you later wish you had not? In Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster,…
Book Review: Let Go of Emotional Overeating & Love Your Food
It is not news that America is currently facing an unprecedented obesity epidemic, and one that would quickly have us learning to say no more often, resist the temptation to…
Book Review: Palaces for the People
We face daunting problems in the twenty-first century — polarization that has people at each other’s throats, the isolation that can result from our fraying social bonds, the growing inequality…
How to Handle Holiday Stress with Compassion
Do you worry about staying cheerful during the holidays? Do festivities spark more worries than warm feelings? Of course you want to have a light heart and free spirit. But…
When You’re Struggling with Self-Loathing in Bipolar Disorder
Many people with bipolar disorder struggle with self-loathing. Maybe the self-loathing starts as the depressive phase does with all sorts of awful thoughts about yourself. Because that’s how depression works: It outright lies,…