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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...

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...

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...

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