The famous song line, “Regrets, I’ve had a few” is one that I think many of us can relate to. Yet what I see frequently, is that people get stuck in those regrets. They live the rest of their lives focused on the regrets, the things they said or did that they wish...
When I went to school to become a psychologist, a popular theorist was often discussed, Abraham Maslow. Maslow posited the hierarchy of needs and the concept of peak experiences which refers to moments of intense joy, fulfillment, and transcendence, during which we...
There’s a very entertaining online thread called, “AITA – Am I the Asshole?” It’s a subreddit that was created in 2013 by photographer and dog rescuer, Marc Beaulac. Beaulac wanted to determine if he had been inappropriately mansplaining in a debate with female...
The other day, I asked one of my clients if he would consider “dropping the rope” with his ex-wife. He’d never heard that saying before and it led to a great conversation around picking our battles. (I’m filled with metaphoric phrases these days.) Drop the rope means...
Recently I was stranded at the Cincinnati airport due to bad storms caused by yet, another hurricane. There were lots of frustrated, stranded people at the airport. Many of them with younger children. As I was doing yet another lap around the terminal, I heard a young...
About 6 years ago, I declared my husband and I to be empty nesters. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Since that time we’ve had children coming, going, moving in, moving out, and plopping in our house for an hour to days at a time. Covid was responsible for some of it...
