It’s A New Year – Lend Me Your Ear
Communication. Always a good subject for consideration. Some people are good at it, most are not all that good, some are really bad. There is a simple explanation that accounts for most of the problems [...]
JOURNEY TO DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS
“It isn’t stress that makes us fall-it’s how we respond to stressful events” -Wayde Goodall. You may be experiencing the stress of Covid-19 and its impact on your daily life. Surveys show that Covid-19 and [...]
HOLIDAYS, GRIEF AND COVID 19
As a therapist, I work with a lot of people who are grieving: The loss may be the death of a loved one, a divorce, the breakup of a relationship or the loss [...]
Beyond Us vs.Them: Building Empathy Through Dialogue In the Communities in Which We Live, Work and Worship In Cultural, Faith, Family, Gender and Political groups
“Can we reach empathy in time to avoid the collapse of civilization and save the earth?” (Rifkin, 2009, p. 1) [...]
COVID Can’t Keep Us Down
As COVID lingers on, some wonder, “Will this ever end?” and “How will I ever get through this?” How many times have you asked yourself the latter question? We wonder how we will navigate [...]
Life-Changing Event…COVID19
Life as we know it has radically changed. We were used to going out, whether it was for work, school, shopping, attending our kids’ activities, or socializing with our friends. We felt free and in [...]
A Note on Breath
Lately I find myself holding my breath. I first became aware of this when I was riding the Metro home from work. At the time, the country was still running, though it was not quite [...]
Keep On Loving
“Being a [parent] is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” — Linda Wooten. We all know parenting is a difficult job, and this job can [...]
A 2020 Resolution: Be the Change You’d Like to See
It’s MLK, Jr. day as I write, and Richmond is the site of a large 2nd Amendment rally while the annual state legislative session opens. As another decade and a US presidential election year [...]
A Self Esteem Journey for Children (of All Ages): A Type of Cognitive Behavioral Theory
A Self-Esteem Adventure and Healthy Self-Esteem In the State of Self-Esteem, in the Country of the Mind, in the Union of Self-Actualization, we embark on an adventure to build self-esteem and self-confidence. We go [...]