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Learn the easiest way to be a really good friend. Loneliness is our society’s biggest mental health challenge; it’s an epidemic. People across every age group describe feeling disconnected and alone, missing a sense of community
How to open the door to what you really want Women have a complicated relationship with the word and feeling of “want.” For so many women, it’s hard to allow “wanting” a seat at our
I talked with three moms this week, each of whom has a child graduating, two from college and one from high school. Each described themselves as cracking up from the demands of properly celebrating their graduates. While
The dynamics and consequences of relationships based on self-sacrifice. Source: Karolina Grabowska/Unsplash Has someone ever told you that they did something that they didn’t want to do, something that prevented them from getting what they needed, but
What’s the story you’re telling yourself inside your head—the story of your life, and about yourself? Have you ever noticed that your mind is busy creating a narrative version of your life from the moment
The other day I found myself melting down about what was happening in our country and our world. I had woken up from a series of nightmares that left me feeling afraid, powerless, and out
Do you ever catch yourself thinking in the middle of the night, ruminating about situations that are unresolved or unclear and, basically, not how you’d like them to be? We do this kind of ruminating
Because the world seems scary, doesn’t mean we have to live in fear. We’re living in anxious times. Many people are concerned and frightened about what’s happening in our country and the world, not to
Using the need to be right to change and grow. As I discussed in the first part of this series, we’re raised to believe there’s one reality, one right version of what is, while in
Telling ourselves about our life is not the same as living it. I was on a jeep tour through the desert dunes in a foreign land. There were four of us in the vehicle. It
Understanding why you need to be right is the beginning of letting it go. This is the first post in a series. Every week, couples want me to play referee in their relationships. Their hope
Source: Igor Omilaev/Unsplash This part 2 of a two-part post. Click here to read part 1. Have you ever noticed that you’re caught in a thought loop, ruminating on something you’ve ruminated on a thousand times
Most people have some negative self-story lurking in the shadows of their consciousness, something they believe or fear is true about themselves—something bad. Usually, these negative self-stories start in childhood, when we were told this or that about ourselves by a parent,
My daughter returned from a birthday party this past weekend carrying a bag monogrammed with the party girl’s name, and inside it, a pair of pajama shorts, pajama pants, sweatpants, two T-shirts, one zip-up sweatshirt,
Healing the split between your mind and body is the way home to yourself. So many women come to see me with the same complaint; they feel disconnected and disenchanted, cut off from something authentic