This subject is brought up by the upcoming Mother’s Day holiday. For most people, a relationship with their mother is the first significant relationship they develop. That seems obvious, but the significance is so much more than the simple and obvious. We need to feel significant. It is a core driver of everything in […]
One of the challenges everyone has to face from time to time is dealing with fear. I have written many articles on the impact of stress on the body and our health. I don’t know if I have written about how to deal with the most common cause of stress, fear. Many other causes […]
Someone asked me this question the other day, “How does one go about feeling?” This may seem like a silly question to the average person, but the person asking me this understood that I distinguish between feelings and emotions. They may seem similar, but I use the words to describe two very different states of consciousness. Most […]
Recently our attention has been channeled toward the subject of increasing the amount of play in our lives. Ellen and I are both confirmed workaholics. We live to work; we love to work. For some strange reason, however, the balance in our life is demanding we also learn how to play. I have never considered myself deficient in play […]
Well another New Year is upon us. 2014 has ended. It has been a long year for many people. But now it is time to contemplate what we want to create for the New Year. The holidays are over and the quiet reality of 2015 is just now sinking in. Do we look forward to […]
Hi , Over and over I hear a common complaint from patients regarding entitlement behaviors by their kids, relatives, or people in general. Politically this is becoming a hot topic that is seriously dividing the nation as the producers and the consumers in society build increasing resentments with each other. Historically this divide has toppled […]