Every year the summer comes and I hear my friends chomping at the bit…oh how they want to get out and enjoy the sunshine! Well, the truth is, you are doing your business, your employer and yourself a massive favor…
How to Turn your Body into Something Awesome.
It’s the New Year and every Jan 1st when I hit the gym, I’m greeted with about 50% more people than the previous month. The woman at the counter jokes that if I have patience and wait a few weeks,…
Tragedy and Football: Why Are Football Players Out of Control?
From an outsider’s perspective, these are guys that have it all. They’re young, fit, with adoring fans, large contracts, and a promising career ahead. So where does it all go wrong? The truth is, we don’t often consider the unique…
8 Tips: Getting Unstuck from a Bad Mood.
We all have times when we just wake up ‘on the wrong side of the bed.’ You might be irritable or just down for no reason. It’s not the same or as serious as depression, but it’s a drag on…
Finding your own Limits, and Breaking them.
So, you don’t want to hang from a cliff? That’s okay, me neither. But, where do you want to be? Can you find your own limits and push yourself beyond them? That’s what this is about. The smart person begins…
Insomnia: What to do when you Just Can’t Sleep
Can’t sleep? You’re not alone. The National Institute of Health estimates that about 30% of people struggle with insomnia symptoms…most people define this as ‘having difficulty falling or staying asleep.’ The thing is, while we discuss insomnia as a ‘sleep…
Why I watch Football (and Boxing) as a Doctor of Clinical Psychology.
I am likely one of the more familiar, educated people on the horrors that head injury can bring. I did a neuropsychology internship at the Connecticut Children’s Hospital during my doctoral training, and have done neuropsychological evaluations in children and…
Age is Only a Number.
I was reading a survey a bit ago that stated that “seven out of 10 women believe fellow females over 39 should never wear a bikini.” I have to say that I was really astonished, because someone had seemingly created…
American ‘work ethic’ is making us sick.
America is uniquely the only industrialized nation without ‘mandatory vacation time,’ did you know that? Every other industrialized country in the world has an amount of time off that is actually mandated by law. It’s also ‘real’ time off…not the…
How to Approach Depression and Miscarriage.
Women often suffer in silence. I had a friend who went through the experience of having a miscarriage quite far along during her pregnancy. It was devastating. Weeks had passed and this once vivacious woman was simply paralyzed. She wasn’t…
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