On January 4th, PBS broadcast a show called “This Emotional Life,” which talked about different theraputic techniques and recent breakthroughs in mental health counseling and treatment. It turned out that my mother in law watched it; and the therapist I work with; as well as a bunch of my clients. In case you haven’t seen [...]
You made it! You got through another holiday season! For a lot of people this was a time of stress, parties, presents for family members, and eating a lot of food that you will eventually regret eating. You got through it, and now here you are on a Monday, sending your children back to school [...]
Self-Help / anxiety / depression / feelings / management / relaxation / stress / work
December 3, 2009 4Bottling things up. When you hear someone say this, its usually perceived negatively. After all, you can’t bottle up your emotions, right?
Well, to make this a little easier to understand, and less boring, I’ll tell you a little story that I learned from therapy school.
In order to listen to people’s problems every day, and not [...]
Self-Help / anxiety / boss / change / counseling / depression / feelings / management / stress / thoughts / work
October 21, 2009 4With all the talk about the H1N1 virus, people are being more careful than they ever been about trying to stay healthy. Its at a point now where the wipe-grabbing behaviors of Adrian Monk don’t seem so out of the ordinary, when everyone is worried about getting sick. However, its a very real fear. People [...]
Self-Help / anxiety / cheating / counseling / depression / economy / feelings / help / management / stress / therapy / thoughts / tough economic times
October 18, 2009 3As Bob Dylan used to say, “and the times they are a changin’!” The climate is changing (no matter what your perspective is on who’s fault it is), the economy is changing (or is stagnantly bad, depending on your perspective), and in many respects, we seem to need to constantly be in tune with how [...]
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September 3, 2009 0
In case you didn’t know, the guy in the pic above is Joe Pantoliano, more commonly known as Joey Pants (though I remember him best as Cypher from the Matrix). Now this post isn’t about me being a fanboy, because there are plenty of other people I could be a fanboy about (like Johnny Depp, Jason Statham [...]
Everything’s Amazing, and We’re Still Unhappy.
The guy you’re looking at above is a comedian named Louis CK, and if you click on the pic above you’ll get sent to NBC’s website, and the video that this blog is about. So go check it out and then come back (and don’t get sidetracked watching more movies [...]