“We have a plan!” I’ve heard that at many workplace meetings when the team assembled to prevent or solve a problem. To reduce your family stress and increase your family’s resilience begin to have regular Family Meetings. Too many families wait until there is a serious issue before coming together to discuss making changes. Most businesses, faith, volunteer, […]
First, let’s eliminate the phrase work life because surely work is part of life and a significant part of it, for that matter.
A woman called me saying her love relationship was struggling. She wanted to find a therapist who would work with both her and her boyfriend. But after she suggested to her boyfriend that they come to see me, she sent me this message, “I do not know what to do anymore. I asked Harry to […]
To love yourself unconditionally means to treasure yourself merely because you exist.
When challenged or feeling stressed most of us have a tendency to react in a passive, aggressive or passive/aggressive manner.
.Move like an optimist! It is impossible to feel depressed while smiling, walking briskly or dancing to happy music.
Delightfully, out of the mouths of babes comes the truth. We adults have workaholiced ourselves away from taking time to wonder at life nuances. We are socialized to worry about what the neighbours and our mother-in-law think, to look successful and to hide our feelings to the point that we have forgotten the essence of a normally absurd life. There is much we can learn by connecting to babies and children. They remind us of our own childlike essence – the kid in us.
•What is the worst work related experience you’ve endured?
•How did you cope?
•Looking back, what did you learn?
Have you ever wondered how to stop procrastinating? It’s important to learn if you repeatedly find yourself stuck in an unhealthy body, friendships, intimate relationships or work environments.
“What is right about you?” is a basic resiliency strengthening question.
Disagreements abound in relationships from politics to parenting. In Parent Effectiveness Training, Thomas Gordon states “Parents don’t have to put up a “United Front.” Let me offer some perspective and possible options.
Seligman released Flourish. Seligman is a researcher, questioner and thinker who is willing to re-think his research finding, theories and positioning.