Feeling Safe
PTSD is a psychological term for “post traumatic stress disorder”. I consider PTSD to be the emotions we feel after we have walked through hell [...]
Can We Breathe Now?
Finally, as 2020 shuffles to a close, it looks like (some) things are getting better: No more Trump and his hate-mongering policies The Biden/Harris administration [...]
Mastering COVID Fatigue
We’re in uncharted territory, brothers and sisters. None of us has ever lived through a pandemic before. And the news isn’t good: more and more [...]
Anticipation
As I write this, the election is about a week away and I’m swimming in a sea of emotions: hope, worry, insecurity (due to all [...]
My Travels in TrumpLand: A Wake-Up Call
I recently returned from a two-week road trip. I drove through Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California, mostly on back roads like CA-49 and [...]
Taming Self-Doubt: What Would Stacy Do?
I have long admired Stacy Abrams. When she lost the Georgia governor’s race in a very unethical election supervised by her opponent, Brian Kemp, she [...]
Training Your Inner Puppy
Are you feeling lonelier these days? Is the pandemic exacerbating those feelings? Luckily, the physical state of being alone has very little to do with [...]
“Please Pass the Salt”: A Guide to Healthy Assertiveness
When you’re having a meal with someone, it’s easy to say: “Please pass the salt”. You calmly ask for what you want: no big deal. [...]
Premarital Counseling? Now?
Premarital Counseling? Now? With COVID-19 hanging around so long, it’s tempting to believe that all-too-many aspects of daily life have changed. However, one thing hasn’t [...]
DABDA: the five stages of grief
“You know the five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance?” asked Dr. Emily Landon, a coronavirus expert at the University of Chicago [...]
Your Mental Health
With COVID-19 spikes, quarantining, telecommuting, home schooling, unemployment, Trump’s latest stupidity, local businesses forced to shut down and an ever-present sense of doom, your mental [...]
The Great Reassessment
How do you talk about a global pandemic when you’re in the midst of it? And what can you – should you - do about [...]