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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
Thought Management: Part I The Link Between Thoughts, Feelings, Body, and Behavior One of the best tools I’ve learned as a psychologist, mom, and human being is how to understand…
What’s the Key to Worry-Free?: The Worry Tree I got up at 5 on Monday morning to work on my book before the kids woke up. 30 minutes in I…
Women & Friendship: The ABC’s of Making & Keeping Friends “Make New Friends, But Keep the Old…”: Today and tomorrow I’m attending one of the largest women’s conferences in the…
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…
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…