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Working as a consultant for a local suicide prevention group, I have been exposed to harrowing stories and heartbreaking losses....

Welcome to my hometown where the breathtaking views of the Hudson only caution the inability to dip in. Life requires self-discipline and...

Everything is fine.  Anxiety - check, depression - check, trauma - check.  So why do I feel so bad?   What if you just realized that your...

Now my big girl is turning 25. She is off to big law which means you continue law school knowing you are scooped up into a world of...

7.27 IN my family of origin, birthdays were big deals.  My Dad always called and said, "how could you be this old - that makes ME old!"...

I try to tell my clients and kids that no matter what is going on outside, pay attention to keeping yourself steady on the inside.  The...

After all the talking is the listening. Listening to your own inner wisdom takes time, patience and work.  Being quiet, peaceful and calm...

PHOTO CREDIT: MOMS' DEMAND ACTION Listening to Tara Brach on how to get unstuck and I realize that I have adult separation anxiety.  Why...

I want to fly like an eagle... Songs of the 70s. We are getting old.  Some of my classmates have already passed on.  I am nearing the age...

Make room for feelings. I just got back from my last child's college graduation.  It was not easy.  Kids drink and party and get...

I find myself thinking on death.  So many deaths around me, us.  So much loss and pain.  Your best friend's mother. Your other friend's...

How do you get unstuck from feeling like you're underwater?   In this world of mass home-grown gun violence that terrorizes our own...

INTRO: Courtney was the kind of 10th grade client that I completely enjoyed.  She was cute, clever and motivated. So when she began to...

Sandra was 34, had just left a bad relationship of stuckness and sadness.  Her friends had left.  Her parents were never in her corner....

If you're hard on yourself like I am, why not make the new year about change and growth?  It's not about eating less, or stopping your...

What is going on here? People are still: tired, cold, burnt-out, lonely, stressed, bored, stuck and unmotivated.  Kids.  Especially...

I just got back from my 40+2 years High School reunion.  It was the ultimate connection and we all agreed we were so very fortunate to...

Photo Credit @madgescottstudio       I get no respect, said Jackie Mason the comedian.  That's how I feel.  Oh mom's in the basement...

Something is off and it's not just "languishing." My clients are tired, fatigued, burnt-out and incredibly lonely.  You wouldn't think...

I dreaded the first face-to-face family therapy session since covid. I had pimples on my chin from masking and I didn't care to put on...