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Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide

(Re-released in memory of my brother, and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Month.) Chances are, you never met my brother. There...

Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide

Misery passes, if you can hold on long enough. Everything passes, in time. In the meantime, if you need help, get help.

O is for Optimism: Building Resilience Skills (Part 2)

When Mister Rogers was a little boy and not yet a Mister, he found current events frightening. According to the news, tragedies were...

Finding Gratitude in a Desolate Time: Building Resilience Skills (Part 1)

For the last year, I have been speaking about psychological resilience, almost by accident. I didn’t really intend to lecture; I started...

Five Grounding Tips for a Strange Time

We live in a quarantined area, and have been instructed to stay home as much as possible. I have never been so grateful to live in a...

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

One night I was 17, my friends Joe, Peter, and I watched Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. (As with all Monty Python, this is not a film...

Why Your Therapist Can't Be Your Friend

Have you ever fantasized about being friends with your therapist? She smiles when you arrive, and she truly likes you. Her eyes shine...

Norman Rockwell was a Liar

Are you excited about Thanksgiving? Are you looking forward to getting together with your whole family, because you always have a great...

Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide

(Re-released today, in memory of my brother, and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Month.) Chances are, you never met my brother....

Please Go Away!

My husband and I just returned from Tuscany and the South of France. We meandered through tiny medieval villages, visited Gothic...

Why a Gym Reject became a Gym Rat

Deguires make terrible athletes. Neither my father, mother, brother nor I could play a sport or catch a ball. To this day, if you throw a...