Loving Your Mother Who Didn’t Love You
This painful sounding title describes a dilemma many people face. The well meaning yet distracted advice that “your mother loved you in the best way she knew …
Topic: Life Help
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Mother’s Day is Not for Everyone
Mother’s Day is hard for many people. They want to do the right thing, and they can’t find a card for their mother that doesn’t aggrandize a …
Getting Help Before Disaster Strikes in Your Marriage
There are so many people who come to therapy because they are very angry. They do not feel important, because they are not heard, their needs are not being …
Change as a Choice
Change is a topic we can address forever because it’s always happening! And we, as humans, are usually averse to it. There is a coherence to sameness that we …
Be Gentle With Yourself When Life Obstacles Meet You
The most typical reactions when blocked from continuing a work or relationship path on which we are happy, are fear, hurt, and self-doubt. “How do I get …
Love is Never a One-sided Affair
Love presents a challenge to me personally, having found a man who ticks most of the boxes on my “love list”. He is the perfect gentleman, intelligent, …
Respect Your Standards in Love And Your Partner Will Too
Usually we don’t combine the topic of “love”and that of “standards”. Love fulfills romantic dreams, lifts our spirit and imagination, and inspires …
Deeply Know Loving
There are many faces to “love.” However, we rarely speak of the kind of love that actually defines the person. How can we recognize that kind of love …
Valentine’s Day, Time to Reflect on Your Relationships
“Relationships are like rose bushes. When you are wounded by a thorn, decide if it is worthwhile as you remember the fragrance of the rose.” Julia Scalise …
The Women’s March, January 20, 2018
Women’s March, NYC, Saturday, January 20, 2018 I’m going. I’m bringing my young daughter. There’s a morning train heading to Penn Station that day; she …