Ok, I admit it--Last year I was so wiped out after the first day of school that I dropped my husband and kids off at a “back to school” party and checked myself into a hotel. I'm not proud of it, but it was necessary...
"Fake It ‘Til You Make It": A Surefire Way to Prevent a Meltdown We’ve all heard the advice “fake it ‘til you make it,” and I agree, it can help from time to time. Faking it can involve putting on a smile, remaining silent, even pretending...
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...
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...
Parenting Practice: Getting Good at "The Let-Go's" Welcome to my new series, "Parenting Practice". I may have learned a lot about parenting in my psychology practice, but my true expertise has come through the practice of raising my own family. In order to survive as a mom...
Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine: A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb Amen to the Irish proverb! Next to sleep, laughter really is the best medicine, for when we're laughing it's physical proof that we can feel...
4 Simple Steps for Lowering Expectations & Obliterating Frustration “All frustration comes from expectations.” I learned this listening to a talk by Dr. John Lund years ago and it changed my world. Think about it. Whenever I’m feeling frustrated it’s because there was an expectation somewhere...