Jul 9, 2010 | Creative Living
Recently, I was sitting by a pool with a friend. We were discussing health and aging. He made the comment, “Aging is a disease,” which struck me as fatalistic. “No, it’s reality,” he said. “At about 26 years of age, our cells stop...
Sep 15, 2009 | Creative Living
Creativity as A Guide When you pace yourself with creativity, activity, and rest throughout the day, you will not be resisting the body’s natural rhythm and you will feel less stressed. I teach Mind Body Psychology and use it with my clients in therapy and...
Sep 1, 2009 | Creative Living, Online Therapy and Coaching
Transitions are hard if we fight them. Does a leaf fight every fall because it’s afraid to detach from it’s place of safety on the branch while the wind is tugging it gently to the ground? Maybe, but I don’t think so as it is part of the cycle of...
Jul 22, 2009 | Online Therapy and Coaching
There is a lot of controversy about the physical and psychological aspects of fibromyalgia. My clients come to me with real pain, and I treat them with a combination of EMDR therapy and body work, which is done simultaneously with a massage therapist. The mind and...
Jul 2, 2009 | Mindful Psychology
An excerpt from Stephen Levine’s A Gradual Awakening. This Chapter is called The Wanting Mind. …seeing the scope of my wantings showed me how deeply and subtly dissatisfaction created my personal world, and that seeing freed me from much grasping, from...
Jun 17, 2009 | Marital and Couples Counseling
“There were no warnings; he just told me yesterday that he wants a divorce.” I hear this same plea from women who call me and are shocked and off balance when their spouse hits them with this news. Many of us are so busy with life, career, children,...
Jun 11, 2009 | Online Therapy and Coaching
What gives us purpose? It is different for everyone and it changes throughout our lifetime. When we are young, we don’t think about it; we just live it. Most of us loved playing outside, exploring, being in nature, biking, playing with friends, maybe drawing,...
Jun 5, 2009 | Online Therapy and Coaching
While at the beach this week, I read the book Younger You, by Dr. Braverman, M.D., and agree with him that by changing your lifestyle with life coaching: you are choosing longevity while feeling younger. Some of the things that cause us to age are: poor working...
May 28, 2009 | Mindful Psychology, Online Therapy and Coaching
Let’s start with what Mindfulness is. It is deliberately paying attention, being fully aware of what is happening both inside and outside yourself — in your body, heart, and mind — and outside of yourself in your environment. Before bariatric surgery...
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