Self Help is a wishy-washy category title. This is much more empowering! That said, true psychotherapy cannot be DIY.
“True balance—dynamic, powerful balance—is sustained by determined and diligent effort to elevate the quality of our lives no matter where our time is being spent.” - Pr. Dana Arakawa, MAPP For the last 13 months I’ve stepped on the same scale every week, at least once. Last Monday was the first time that I was [Continue]
Books, DVDs, Magazines, Comic Books, Kinck-nacks, Tchotchkys, dust-catchers, #@%# clutter everywhere and why can’t I find a single flat surface to put down this coffee mug?! Does this sound like something that runs through your brain when entering your “office,” “den” or your whole house? Don’t worry; you are simply part of the “great [Continue]
“‘Cause I was thinkin’, it really don’t matter if I lose this fight. It really don’t matter if this guy opens my head, either.” -Rocky Balboa, Rocky It’s 4:45AM; the swish-swish of snow pants awakens the sleeping cat, curled into a warm circle of fur. Jealousy rises, but the running shoes go on. It’s 5AM. [Continue]
Happy satiated, post-Thanksgiving bliss y’all. I hope the turkey day was a gluttonous bout of food, friends and family. Now back to work. We all know that I write a pre-Christmas article on the 24 Hour Holiday Marathon on WPRB inPrinceton,NJ. This year is no different–but this year’s article is already shaping up to be [Continue]
“The Dark Side’s callin’ Now nothing is real.” -John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band Eddie and the Cruisers I have Cerebral Palsy – I can’t balance well. I have Asthma – I can’t run. I have Diabetes – Exertion can give me low blood sugar and make me sick. I’m Morbidly Obese. This was [Continue]
“A person should always be flexible like a reed and shouldn’t be hard like a cedar tree.” -Rabbi Netziv, quoting the Gemara (wisdom) of Taanis (Jewish Scripture) I could write an article about the Sandy related difficulties of my family’s life. But I’m not going to.* Sandy–Frankenstorm, Superstorm, Whoregoddes, whatever—screwed us all. If you are [Continue]
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” -Carl Jung I am generally a fun, positive person. This usually pisses people off. This is generally a fun, positive set of articles. This usually ensures a more focused [Continue]
Yes, those are my before and after pictures. 100 pounds in about 4.5 months. Proud? Heck yeah, I’m proud. I always go back to the fact that it was the program. I really just followed the program. Sure, it took willpower, but the blueprint was right there. While my attitude is a humble one, [Continue]
“…I’m leaving’ on a jet plane, Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.” -John Denver (but I recall the Peter, Paul & Mary version more) I’ve written a lot about fear, no matter if it’s the allure of fear or conquring fear for various reasons. I even wrote an [Continue]
“When people think of the psychology of excellence, images of outstanding athletic performances often come to mind,” Daniel Gould and Kristen Dieffenbach asserted at the beginning of their article in the Journal of Applied Sports Psychology (Dieffenbach and Gould, 2002). While I would argue the word “often,” I can’t argue that people would think [Continue]
