Posted: March 1, 2020
CATASTROPHIZING Whether you are a 6-year-old worried about a math project mistakenly left at home, a 15- year-old who did not get a text back from their friend, or a 47- year- old woman who accidentally left her sneakers at the gym, catastrophizing is very...
Posted: February 1, 2020
Last year I wrote my first post about the feeling of guilt as a first time mom going back to work. Today that guilt has been hijacked by the feeling of not being fully present for my children. I am scared to admit it, but...
Posted: December 31, 2019
It's that time of year again. The joy and celebration of the winter holidays have swiftly passed and we begin to say goodbye to another year. As we sit down to reflect and write our intentions, weight loss seems to make the top of the...
Posted: December 1, 2019
People are often tied down by what I like to refer to in therapy as “the Shoulds” - the strict rules and unrealistic expectations we form for ourselves, others, and the world around us. Often, we see the expectations we put on ourselves as a...
Posted: October 29, 2019
What if I told you that your body was perfect just the way it was? It might be easy to dismiss this and not believe it. You might even think that you’d be happier once you lost those 15 pounds, shrink in size, or perhaps...
Posted: October 1, 2019
Everyday I hear adult women recall the years of their adolescence. Those years have had a profound effect on their ability to develop and maintain healthy relationships with themselves and the world around them. When I say "adolescents," or refer to "teenagers," I am talking...