PSYCHOLOGIST

Are you grateful for the things you DON’T have? Do you have a toothache right now? No? Good. Be thankful for that! This is a form of gratitude meditation. Pausing to appreciate the absence of…

The key is to balance self acceptance and self improvement. The phrase in your head would be like “Wow I’m really successful. Doing great…And ya know, I want to see if I can get that…

Much has been said already about daily gratitude practice – at the start or end of the day – usually in a journal or private reflection. But let’s move that practice into the public sphere.…

You’re being too hard on yourself. So many of us do it. We think it keeps us focused on self improvement. But it ends up poisoning your self love. And this makes it harder to…

Trust your gut. I love this phrase, but some women take it too far in one direction or the other. I’ve had some patients “trust their gut” despite overwhelming facts to the contrary. And then…

Here is a simple script for mindful moments. Let’s break it down. Notice your thoughts. “I’m sitting on a soft, blue chair. I like this chair.” Then, hear the judgment or value – remove that.…

I heard a quote somewhere that traditions are just peer pressure from ghosts. Or, elder living family members, in many cases as well. So when you carry out your holiday traditions this year, whatever they…

As a child of two parents in the medical field, I was exposed early on to both conventional and alternative medicine. I recall learning of muscle relaxation and imagery techniques to manage both stress and…