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When I asked my children what this week’s Mindful Monday post should be about, they excitedly shouted, “Las Vegas!”  We just returned...

This week, my daughter will turn nine years old.  Gretchen Rubin, the author of “The Happiness Project,” summarized it nicely:  “The days...

My patient sat in front of me, silent.  She was a beautiful, elderly woman, always well dressed in bright, matching outfits, and not a...

Most of my patients are in a great deal of emotional pain.  They struggle with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other...

Sometimes, despite our best efforts, life gets very full.  We find ourselves overbooked, overscheduled, overcommitted, and with...

As a psychiatrist, mother, and writer, I do a lot of “talking” in one form or another.  A few months ago, however, I found myself in a...

A dear friend of mine recently lost her mother.  She and her mother had a very troubled relationship for a very long time, and they both...

The other night, I woke up in a state of panic around 3:30 am.  A cloud of parental anxiety was swirling furiously in my head.  Self...

This weekend, we moved out of the home we have lived in for the last seven years.  In the midst of moving trucks, packing, and cleaning,...

I wouldn’t necessarily describe myself as a controlling person.  I am generally someone who can go with the flow of life circumstances,...

Disappointment visits us in so many forms.  Disappointment that we didn’t get that job promotion.  Disappointment that we gained five...

Victor Frankl was a brilliant Viennese psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, and author of the best selling book, “Man’s Search for...

I have never been one to be the life of the party.  In college and medical school, you would most likely find me studying on a Friday or...

Lately, I find myself preoccupied with minor issues.  Even as I am fretting, I am aware that I am sweating the small things.  There is a...

Whenever I sit down on Sunday evenings to write these posts, it is an opportunity for me to reflect on what has been on my heart and...