Before making a major investment like buying a car, you figure out what type you want, what model, what year, and what color, and then you take a test drive. But when investing in psychotherapy, many people don’t realize they need to take equivalent care. They see a listing for a therapist who sounds good,…
Last night at dinner, several of my friends started discussing the book, The Education of Little Tree. If you haven’t read it, the story tells about an innocent young Cherokee boy growing up with loving grandparents in a world unsympathetic to Native Americans. It’s a magnificent, lyrical, wise and sensitive story, perhaps one of the…
In these Covid-19 times, your normal stress-relievers might not work. Perhaps your favorite hiking path is closed, or you can’t go to your preferred cafe, or the kids are too noisy to allow you to meditate. Music is still available to you, though, and music has amazing restorative properties. Since the beginning of civilization, people…
It doesn’t take a whole new routine to instill a dose of happiness into your day—but it does take a little self awareness. 1. Be grateful for the good & the bad. Research shows, grateful people are happy people. It’s also important to understand that happiness is not the absence of negative feelings. Gratitude is…
