Helpful Insights
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Friendships: for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime
Year after year I have noticed that at the fall begins, both kids and adults place enormous pressure on themselves to renew and intensify their friendships. The need to feel close to a friend can increase significantly for students going back to school and college,...
Lessons From April
I am not a big fan of April. It’s a very unpredictable month that stresses me out! It is not consistently warm enough to put away the winter clothes and is still sometimes cold enough to still need sweaters and boots. By April I want winter to be over, but April...
Parents, What Do You Need Right Now?
This article is for parents…and everyone that still has an inner child who needs nurturing (that’s all of us!) Every time I glance at social media, I see another theory for how to be a good parent. Be gentler, be stricter, less helicoptering, or pay more attention;...
When Stress Shows Up Behind the Wheel
This is not scientific, but I believe that you can take the pulse of a society’s collective emotional state by observing the way people drive. Over the last few months, I have noticed that it has become increasingly hair-raising to be on the road. I see much more...
Using AI Without Losing the Human Touch
Dear Gillian, The use of artificial intelligence seems to have exploded over the last several months! It is effectively used by students and professionals. Parents tell me they use it to text kids, couples share that they use it to tackle tough subjects with each...
Panic Attack or Anxiety?
The #1 thing I hear from clients is…. “I had a panic attack!” But…was it really a panic attack? Most people don’t know that there is a difference between ‘panic’ and ‘anxiety’. And some people have anxiety and also panic attacks. Both can be really difficult to manage...