It’s OK to Feel Uncomfortable
I think it’s fair to say that many of us are feeling uncomfortable right now. Tensions are high as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, racial inequity is being called out in a way that has never before happened in my lifetime, the economy is tanking, and political...
Parenting in a Pandemic
Across the nation, lives have been turned upside down. Many of us have been asked, if not ordered, to stop participating in the routines that have become the fabric of family life – school drop offs, recreational and sports activities, play dates, eating out,...
How to Uncover Your Calm
I’m going to be honest. Meditation has never been my thing. I feel guilty just saying that, as a psychologist, who regularly recommends meditation to my clients. But I’ve never practiced what I preached. Until now. _____ Several months ago I joined a women’s wellness...
How to Cope When Your Child is Different
Before I became a parent, I had certain visions of what parenthood would look like. Mostly these visions were fueled from my own childhood and the way my parents parented. But they were also influenced from watching my sisters, my cousins, my friends and people in my...