Play Your Position

That's why I have to say kids do things at different times over and over to parents who have children on the spectrum. Take a moment to reconsider the assumptions you have made about yourself. Another common problem for the defeated perfectionist son or daughter of critical parents is the …

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Share Your Greatness

A flaneur's journey should also be kept close and small, a whimsical exploration of what's just outside your door. He continued, 'So when matter, at random, chooses life form as an experience, it gets bonded with the karma cycle. When we go through gastric bypass surgery, we increase Prevotella. Therefore …

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Confusion In Her Eyes That Says It All

It is a circular band of tight muscle tissue in the upper abdomen. Rather than point out how he wanted a supertherapist like his father wanted a superson, I said, Although you hoped for an extraordinary result, this has been an ordinary therapy. Denying his son the full experience of …

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On Near-Death Experiences

Occasionally, you may also decide to delay certain foods (or alcohol) that you know are keeping you from reaching your goals. You can't win an argument or get them to see your side or change their behavior, because rationality and results don't matter to them. Setting an intention is a …

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Taking Action

Until then, we'll need to press forward in fully informing ourselves for the sake of our children. We have to be realistic about who we're dealing with. There are so many small daily decisions you can make to improve your brain health and to keep worry and anxiety at bay …

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My Feet Can't Keep Still

One single act of kindness today to a friend or stranger could influence so much more than we can imagine. But how much talk time is necessary versus simply filling the air and wasting your breath? In 1947, Langley and Homer Collyer were found by police in their severely cluttered …

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The Generosity Of Spirit

Practise for at least ten minutes (but if you have more time, go for twenty). But in the case of partner violence, the perpetrator and the victim of violence interact frequently and feel bound to each other. Close your eyes and visualize the scene for about ten to fifteen minutes …

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I See Suffering

My father said he had never seen a cockroach or a mouse until he visited my mother in Corona Queens while they were dating. We are all eating out more often and choosing a full meal or a quick snack from the many outlets and pop-up carts around. Depends--yes, the …

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Reinforcements Aren't Coming

Every time I'm in a relationship for longer than four months it feels like my very survival is at stake. Much of what we learn about other people or events comes from rumors and gossip passed from one person to another. Clients with a psychiatric disorder often experience an intensity …

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Examples Of High Self-Esteem

It can be helpful to create family systems that limit our exposure to triggers when we're having a tough time coping with the day-to-day, but triggers are often unavoidable, so it's critical that we learn how to support ourselves through them. Often I could not tell whether Henry saw one …

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Snacking - Making It Healthy

In life sometimes you will win, sometimes you will lose, and at other times you will get off with a tie. Did you sleep poorly for the past few nights (we crave salty and fatty foods when we are fatigued)? But when we expose our needs, we are able to …

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