Parenting is the most important job we have for which we almost never have any training. This podcast offers glimpses into effective parenting choices and communication
294 episodes transcribedEmotional baggage is a reference to the issues that we've endured from our past and that threaten to define who we are in our future. It's time to dum...
We all experience loss. How we handle it defines it as a blessing or a curse. While we first go to friends and family to make sense of it all, if our...
Mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) elegantly weaves the treatment strategies of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral interventions...
What if questions generate anxiety. I wonder statements generate curiosity. When you want to calm down, switch out your what if anxiety into I wonder...
What's going on with you in here is equally important to what's going on out there. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are generated from adaptive brai...
Did you know? What you pay attention to grows. If you labor on what's wrong, you might mis what's right. In this podcast, I help you find the blessing...
Living life on the edge can be both precarious and thrilling. Sometimes the balance is worth it. Other times, the toll can be debilitating anxiety. Ta...
One of the realities of life is that what we focus on grows. Focus on the negative and it grows. Focus on the positive and it will grow. In my new boo...
People often dismiss being mindful as psycho-babble. Just talking stuff to sound cool. And yet, if you are in emotional crisis, being weighed down by...
We change our minds all the time. Most is, whatever. But, when you start therapy, it's about changing your mind permanently. With mentalligent psychot...
Unless you find yourself in emergency circumstances, sorting out all of your options for beginning therapy is a good idea. To that end, I encourage us...
Every once in a while, something new comes along that is exciting, provides a critically different perspective, and just fills the bill. Such is the c...
When we face adversity, our "stuff" brings us down and we can get stuck. Some people actually say their life feels "like I'm spiralng out of control....
Much of counseling and psychotherapy feels like same ol' same ol'. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good L...
If you seem to be stuck in unhelpful same ol' same ol', they it might be time to consider starting psychotherapy. Therapy is a great way to embrace ne...
We all define our success in different ways. How we define it impacts how we raise our children. Success comes in moments of time, not only is reachin...
When the worst thing happens with your child, do you doubt if you are passing or failing in your parenting? The key choices you make in the moment def...
Long car trips can be a bore for everybody, but especially for kids. Are we there yet? is a common refrain that can lead to turmoil if not addressed....
We are more than related individuals living together. We are a family. But what contributes to our identity as a family? One element are the family ri...
All kids love to blow and play with bubbles. Popping them in flight is such fun. Lifestyle bubbles, however, not so much. Here I share my thoughts abo...
