Mindfulness has become quite the buzzword these days. Yet there’s still this misconception that it is only sitting quietly, cross legged, attempting to empty your mind.
How to Follow Your Heart
“Follow your heart,” is often what I tell clients (or anyone really) when I don’t know what else to say. We’ve already been through the frustrated, tearful pleas for help. “What should I do? Please just tell me!” We’ve exhausted as many possibilities as we can come up with and what’s left of any patience. So what’s left is “follow your heart.” “But how do I do that?”
Self-Help Isn't Always Helpful
The Green Movement
The Olympic Spirit
As the Olympics came to a close I reflected on the captivation it holds for so many of us in every corner of the world. Every couple of years we tune in to witness extraordinary feats of the human body. We marvel at the Michael Phelps. We delight in the tiny gymnasts flying through the air higher than anyone in the NBA. Our mouths drop watching Usain Bolt “jog” to the finish line as the world’s fastest.
I Don't Need Therapy!
The word “therapy” can bring up all kinds of negative connotations. It’s notorious for conjuring horror movie-like images of people lying on couches talking about all the ways in which their family effed them up while self-absorbed therapists nod silently, and after years of this eventually tell what’s wrong with them. While these stereotypes are of course rooted in some tiny truth, the majority of therapists do not operate in this manner and most people could actually benefit from a bit of good, solid therapy at some point in their lives.