Insights on the effects of an over-connected society and how to disconnect from your device so you can connect with yourself, your family and your career.
Our time is precious because we can never get it back. Our most valuable currency is time itself. We are often not mindful of how we are spending our time. For example, we spend 10 hours and 39 minutes each day in front of screens on average. Thats a lot...
We must honor the past experiences which have shaped us. They have made us who we are. Daily I hear things like "I'm so stupid" ,"I can't believe I trusted him"," Why did she have to leave me", "Im too fat", "My parents were not caring". We all have stories and...
In my book club last month we read Viktor Frankl's, Mans Search For Meaning, and our discussion brought up a wonderful question. Why do some people survive life difficulties and traumas and others don't ever seem to bounce back or recover? What is the difference between a survivor and someone...
You can make mistakes , but you are not a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes. It's true. Why do we do this? We all do this a lot. Tune into social media and see the finger-pointing going on. Such division occurs when we blame others and...
Connecting is good and part of who we are as humans, but sometimes we need to disconnect. Disconnecting from distractions is often helpful and assists us to be more creative and productive. I recommend no screentime for 2 hours after waking in the morning and for one hour before going...
Whoa, you say . I thought I am not supposed to be angry. Well, yes, anger is fine. It is experienced on the path to forgiveness. However, what you do with your anger can be a problem at times. If you are violent, that's not ok, ever, there is...
Maslow was right, we need each other. I need you and you need me. We all need each other. This week we were reminded over and over again how important community is when we saw how New York pulled together, 18 years ago on Sept 11. Heck, the whole world...
Yowsa, getting ready for International travel requires a lot of work. First on my list was to be sure my phone was on the International Travel plan. I called my provider, they wanted me to talk to a robot, it could not answer my questions, so I was put on...
Today my blog will be a little different. During my speaking engagements this week I had many requests from attendees to put the statistics I have about gaming, social media and online time on my website so I am doing that via this blog. This is all research based. Research...
Hope is that ingredient we have to have to move forward. If we have no hope, we sit still. As a therapist, I try to always give hope to my clients. When spending time with them, I am always looking for a sliver of hope to point out to...
