I’ve noticed the things that overwhelm us during the holidays are really no different from what stresses us out the rest of the year. They’re actually amped-up versions of two life dilemmas we wrestle with any time of year:
“Person A, B, or C (or all of the above) is driving me crazy with their… Can you […]
The best part of showing up for the University of Louisville Depression Center Conference in November isn’t the continuing education credits. It may sound strange, but I was invigorated and […]
What could possibly be more hazardous to your health than obesity, drinking excessively or smoking up to fifteen cigarettes a day? Does it surprise you to know that it’s loneliness? (more…)
I stopped doing New Year’s resolutions a few years ago. So why am I back at it again? Because I do something else first. (more…)
Although I’m certainly not new to Louisville, I will remember 2016 as the year it occurred to me “I feel like I really belong here.”
When I work with clients that overeat from stress, emotion or tension, I find mindfulness-based therapy to be a powerful approach to treating problems with food, eating and body image. What is mindfulness? How does it work? (more…)
When I was in graduate school, one of my most memorable experiences was with a woman whose name or face I don’t remember. She was a guest speaker from one of the eldercare organizations in town. She gave each of us the following exercise:
‘Write down the five things that you most value in your life – whether it’s your […]
Bronnie Ware’s book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying – A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing is a memoir of her work in palliative care with patients who had gone home to die. “I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives,” she says. “People grow a lot when they are faced […]
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