Definitions of smothering love: To express your love for someone too much; to cover someone or something completely; to insulate, to overwhelm. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs around. Especially here, especially now, in our rapidly moving, constantly changing modern world. Most parents seek out this job willingly and joyfully with the best of […]
Unhappy Relationships and Depression Go Hand in Hand
“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me. A lonely you.” -Richard Wilbur “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” -Friedrich Nietzsche The TV ads would have all of us believe that the best cure for depression is the latest and greatest medication. First it […]
NEWSFLASH! Free Technique for Healing Pain
What if you turned on the news to the following headline…FREE new technique–with no known side effects–is found to improve the mood of 88.8% of users!!! Would you be curious or do you already know what it is? Touted throughout history, described by Aristotle, Freud, and modern day psychotherapists of many theoretical backgrounds–the answer is […]
The ABC’s of Health and Happiness
How well do you know your ABC‘s of mental health and happiness? Let’s start at the very beginning–although you will see that the alphabet of skills below is really a circle that starts and ends wherever you are… Awareness…because the first step in happiness is to become aware of what you are thinking, feeling, doing and projecting in […]
Healthy, Wealthy & Wise? 5 Myths About Rich Kids
“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth or privilege.” -Charles Kuralt Myth #1: Kids from wealthy families have fewer emotional and behavioral problems. It is well known from decades of research that children growing up in harsh, dangerous and impoverished neighborhoods are at considerably higher risk for […]
Sleeping Your Way to Greater Health and Happiness
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” ~Irish Proverb Honestly answer the following questions: Do you have to set your alarm in order to wake up in the morning? Do you wake up your kids–before they would get up on their own–to be ready for school […]
