Apr 13, 2017 | Stress Relief
Many clients ask me this question, “Why do bad things happen to me?” It’s an understandable question in that often there are difficult challenges occurring in their lives, sometimes even tragic situations. Yet let’s take a look at this question...
Dec 22, 2016 | Stress Relief |
A few years ago, my wanderlust family and I took a trip to Israel. Because we use airline miles to travel, we were given a two day layover in Venice. (Poor us.) My children had never flown overseas and thus were completely knocked out by jet lag. Our trip was in...
Oct 5, 2016 | Stress Relief |
Many of my clients and friends are truly everything to everybody . . . and they are truly miserable. They are the perfect wives, the perfect mothers, the go-to women at work, adoring daughters, and the always-available friend. They are also completely pissed off,...
Sep 7, 2016 | Stress Relief
“What if my relationship ends?” “What if my kids fail?” “What if I don’t get that job?” “What if I make a mistake?” “What if?” “What if?” “What if?” These are words that I hear from clients almost every single day. They are understandable words. They are normal...
Apr 27, 2016 | Stress Relief
Recently, I watched a Ted Talk by Kelly McGonigal that really shook me up. McGonigal is a health psychologist and in the talk presented some of her research around stress that essentially led her to realize that stress really isn’t the problem in most of our...
Mar 9, 2016 | Stress Relief
Recently, one of my clients had quite an amazing epiphany. She realized that she’d been nagging and complaining to her significant other. When we talked about why she was doing this, she suddenly realized that she felt out of control. She said, “I...
