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...
Self-esteem is who you are, how you see yourself on the inside. Self-esteem is not visible to others. It is what you appreciate and value within yourself.
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...
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...
No One Reaches Peak Performance Without Stress
No one reaches their peak performance without feeling stressed. It doesn’t matter if that person is an athlete, a student, an office worker or a...
Is This All There Is? Is the BIG Question
“Is this all there is?” “Is this as good as it gets?” As a licensed clinical social worker, a mental health therapist, these are two...
What Are Your Hard and Soft Skills?
Hard and Soft Skills Most people have a combination of hard skills and soft skills. What are hard and soft skills? In its most basic...
Being Called Bitch Can Be Empowering (Revisited)
Being called a bitch has always felt like a badge of honor to me. No one has ever called me that name when they felt...
How to Improve Your Self-Esteem
Comments from Kathryn, the author of this blog and a licensed clinical social worker. One of the reasons people seek therapy is to improve their...
It’s Better to Attack the Problem, Not the Person
Do you live your life attacking “the problem” or do you attack “the person”? More than likely, you will attack the person. Specifically, you will...