Today I would like to share a link to a wonderful website and blog written by a wonderful woman, Jennifer Moyer (www.jennifermoyer.com).
Jennifer is a Mental Health Advocate & Speaker who, after overcoming her own postpartum experience, has dedicated herself to speaking out and helping others...
Like the changing seasons, loss comes to all, whether through death, illness, children leaving home, loss of career or money, divorce, miscarriage, infertility, trauma, or even the symbolic losses of identity, innocence, or security. Each primary loss carries secondary losses, such as the loss of...
Women’s Emotions: Part 2
The Emotional Earthquake
Welcome back to the “Women’s Emotions” series. I hope you’ve already gained a little more insight into how women’s emotions work (or don’t work).
If you haven’t had a chance to read the Introduction and Part 1 yet, you may choose to...
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...
The Do's & Don'ts of Helping Others Through Grief
Yesterday was my sister, Shannon's, birthday. She would have been 36 years old. She died in 2007.
I've faced many birthdays and anniversaries, having lost two of my sisters, my brother-in-law, my beloved father-in-law, two dear grandfathers, and...
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...
Women’s Emotions: Part 1
The 3 Components of Emotional Health
Years back, when I was in graduate school, I sat in my therapist’s office (yes, I’ve been in therapy; every good psychologist has!) and asked her, “Why am I so complicated?” I’d been frustrated by my constantly...