Are You An Optimist? If not, you can learn to be one! I never considered myself an optimist. But I never really considered myself a pessimist either. “I’m a realist,” I would say. But “realist” is just another word for optimistic pessimist, isn’t it? Then, in 2009 I...
Thanks to my good friend, Julie Hanks, LCSW, I've been able to do a couple of guest posts for her Private Practice Toolbox series on www.PsychCentral.com. The first was my article, "Sharing Office Space With Your Spouse". This was followed up by a Video Tour...
Hello everyone! I am so happy to announce that I am now a regular contributor for 30SecondMom! 30 Second Mom is a fabulous website and smartphone mobile app that gives tips to moms in 30 seconds or less. All you have to do is visit the...
Parenting Practice: 7 Strategies for Summer Sanity Summer is upon us once again with its longer days and warmer weather. Yet for we parents of school-aged children, summer break can be anything but relaxing. I admit, my past few summer breaks have started with a mental...
Your Postpartum Emotions: The Baby Blues & You Up to 80% of all new mothers will experience what is called “The Baby Blues.” If you are aware of this fact then lucky you because many families have no idea what is in store emotionally after the baby...
Women’s Emotions, Part 3: The Menstrual Cycle & Mood Today we focus on the menstrual cycle. Sure, all females over age 11 or 12 have one (or at least once had one), but most do not understand how the menstrual cycle actually works and what kind of...
Kick the Complaining Habit! No body likes a whiner. Even my four year-old, Sydney, came home the other day from her babysitter and, after asking her how her day was, she said, “Pretty good, mom, ‘cept one thing was bad—Tyler* was whining all day!” (Tyler is...
Are We Not All Mothers? I recently asked my Facebook friends to list three words they would use to describe mothers. Some of their replies included: absolute, unconditional love; teaching, loving, learning; angels on earth; soul-stretching love[1]. And I agree. If there’s one word that defines...