Blog Archives
Resilience In A Broken World
May 18, 2018
If there is one thing I have learned after almost 30,000 hours of providing clinical services to individuals and families it is this: There is no cookie cutter way to respond to the difficult situations that come as a result […]
Read MoreResponse to the South Florida School Shooting
February 26, 2018
Another school shooting has yielded new fears for the safety of our children and more questions about how we should respond as a nation to what amounts to a crisis of violence. One quick glance at your Twitter feed or […]
Read MoreSelfie Culture Needs to Find Purpose
January 25, 2018
My wife and I were at a party several weeks ago and decided that it would be incredibly important to take a quick selfie so that we could post about our evening on all the social media platforms. It felt […]
Read MoreAchieving the ‘Awe’ Experience
April 26, 2017
I walked into the delivery room with my wife 15 years ago with little awareness of what was about to happen. I knew we were about to have our first baby but I had no idea what effect that little […]
Read MoreWhat Rats Can Teach Us About Getting ‘Unstuck’
April 21, 2017
Have you ever wondered why some people are able to change their diet and exercise habits and lose significant amounts of weight while other people get stuck in negative lifestyle choices that keep them overweight and unhealthy? Why are some […]
Read MoreThoughtful Eating vs. Emotional Eating
April 11, 2017
So I had a rough day a few weeks ago. Nothing major happened, just a long day at the office with lots of surprises. Luckily, I had a big date planned with my wife later in the evening that served […]
Read MoreAre You an Enabling Parent?
April 5, 2017
I’ll never forget the moment I stood in the delivery room holding our baby boy in my arms for the first time. He stared at me intently as if to ask, “What the heck just happened?” I stared back at […]
Read MoreManaging Stress with Exercise
March 30, 2017
In the spring of my junior year of high school, I decided to train to be a beach lifeguard. My goal was not to serve the community or to protect helpless swimmers from vicious ocean rip currents. My sole desire was […]
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