Blog Archive

Mindful Mondays: Just Drink The Coffee

For today’s Mindful Mondays post, I would like to share with you a quote from Sharon Salzberg, esteemed meditation and mindfulness...

From Goals to Intentions: A Radical Shift

This essay first appeared on Huffington Post on March 5, 2015 My patient, Anne, lowered her voice down to a conspiratorial whisper: “You...

Drinking Tea

This post first appeared on Huffington Post on February 26, 2015. Last week, I traveled to India with my husband and two young children....

Mindful Monday

Mondays can be difficult for all of us. Let’s do what we can to make it feel a little better. Every Monday, my intention is to post an...

Five Steps To Encourage Gratitude in our Children

My brain knows that gratitude is important. I know when I am in a state of gratitude–aware of my blessings, small and big, I feel happier...

An Open Letter to my Children

This post appeared on Huffington Post on February 3, 2015 An Open Letter to my Children on my Son’s Seventh Birthday Dear Son, Today is...

Beyond Busyness

This post appeared on the Huffington Post on January 27, 2015 I am writing this post at 2:46 in the morning on a late Sunday night/very...

Running in the Rain

This post appeared on the Huffington Post on January 20, 2015 This past Sunday was a rainy day, unusual for sunny Southern California. I...

The Secret To Meditating When You Think You Can’t

This post appeared on MindBodyGreen on January 9, 2015 In an ideal world, I would meditate first thing in the morning when I rise,...

‘Teaching’ Kids Mindfulness

This post appeared on the OC MOM Magazine website on January 8, 2015 and on the Huffington Post on January 13, 2015 Can we actually teach...

Rethinking Resolutions

This post appeared on the Tiny Buddha Blog on January 6, 2015 One Powerful Intention for the Year Ahead “When we are mindful, deeply in...

Make 2015 Your Best Year Yet

This post appeared on the Mindful Healing blog on January 2, 2015 As a psychiatrist, I have the honor of being with people through the...

The Gift of Time

I often wonder about how we can best nurture our children. What will our children remember most about their childhoods? Will it be the...

My Teachers

I am continually reminded that my greatest teachers don’t arrive in the forms I expect. I am blessed to be a psychiatrist. I believe that...

The Spirit of Change

We often want to change habits or patterns in our lives that are not serving us well–eat healthier, exercise more, stop smoking, manage...