Understanding Emotional Parentification
Parentification Have you ever met a young person and said, “That person seems like an old soul”? Or maybe you have met a child or...
How to Embrace Your Inner Squirrel: Managing Your Distractions
The Inner Squirrel As a licensed clinical social worker, I admit there were times it could be challenging to work with someone who has an...
What Got Better Today?
What would happen if you made the decision that every night when you get into bed and lay your head on your pillow that you...
Why Bad Behavior Persists in Winning and Losing
Some people can take winning and losing in stride. Others are giddy winners and sore losers. If people are behaving badly in a win or...
Eliminate What Does Not Give Pleasure “Clutter”
There have been a lot of movements within the past few years about living a more minimalist lifestyle. One movement is Marie Kondo’s “spark joy”...
From a Relationship to The Breakup
People enter a relationship for a variety of reasons, for example, being in love, having common interests, companionship, convenient sex, and “many hands make light...
The Topic of Ambiguous Loss May be Important to You
The term ambiguous loss was coined by Dr. Pauline Boss (1934-) in the 1970s; it involves lingering uncertainty about the loss of someone rather than...
Your Strengths, Personal and Professional
Your Strengths “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Strengths are what you bring to any situation, for...
Overcoming Anhedonia – The Lack of Interest, Enjoyment or Pleasure
What is Anhedonia Anhedonia is the lack of interest, enjoyment or pleasure from life’s experiences. For example, you may not want to spend time with...
Find Peace In Your Life With an Improved Attitude
Finding Peace in Your Life If you are looking for peace in your life, a positive attitude is a great place to start! The following...