Coming Together While Apart in the Covid Cocoon

The Covid19 pandemic has had a profound affect on our world and how we move through it. Whatever you are feeling right now is deserving of kindness and attention. While we would never have invited this pandemic, paradoxically it is giving many of us the opportunity to...

Chip Away the Fortress of Depression

“It’s not your fault”. These are the words that people with depression don’t hear often enough. Depression is not an emotion but a fortress that traps a person body, mind, and soul. Well meaning friends and loved ones’ efforts to offer solutions are often futile....

Deeper Than Words: Working with Defenses and Learning To Let Go

My client, Betty, was told that she has treatment resistant depression, bipolar 2, and borderline personality traits. She started each new type of therapy or program believing that it was the magic bullet. This would inevitably result in disappointment. Psychiatrist...

THE KINDNESS REVOLUTION

The kindness revolution is about fostering connection in a culture where aversion, disinterest and suspicion are the norm. Taking a risk –  pulling away from our devices, and pushing through the fog of isolation is a first step. As you ride the bus, walk in the...

Secure Attachment = Healthy Kids

Being emotionally available for our kids is the foundation of secure attachment, and the key to healthy, confident, and thriving kids. When children feel vulnerable, sad, or distressed, they need us to comfort and soothe them so they learn to do so for themselves....