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Join the anti-social network at Enroot
My good friend and former neighbor Ryan Goldberg did something very cool recently: created an app. We chatted about it several months ago, and the next thing I knew it had taken root. I’ve never known anyone else that has done this, and it’s been fascinating to hear how Ryan, a New Jersey physician by…
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You, too, Can Focus@Will
Have you ever really needed to concentrate at work so you turned on music, only to find yourself moving to the groove or looking up the lyrics to songs instead of working? No? It must just be me. I typically listen to Pandora or Spotify while writing, but sometimes (often) the music distracts me…
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My Goals for 2013
Our family decided to write up goals (AKA New Year’s Resolutions) for 2013 and share them with each other. My husband and I talked to the children about how to make their goals SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely.) It was very entertaining to hear a six year old’s goals. We can’t complain; they were…
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What I needed to hear
Sometimes, while working with a therapy client, they tell me that something I said prompted an important change in their thinking, behavior, or intentions. Although that’s often how therapy works, the actual moment of influence can be a surprise to me. I say a lot of things, and most of them go in one ear…
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Boundary issues
I have a confession to make. I have a boundary problem. Boundaries are important to psychologists. Good boundaries allow us to have healthy relationships, to be able to say “no” to new responsibilities when our plates are full (or to say “no” to seconds when our plates are empty for that matter), and to be…
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If it smells like pain everywhere you go . . .
In this week’s post I’d like to venture once again into topics utterly unrelated to reading or writing, and instead share my hands-down favorite saying in psychology. It applies so well to so many situations. If it smells like s**t everywhere you go, it might be you. Think about that. Doesn’t it possess the unmistakable…