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Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide
(Re-released in memory of my brother, and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Month.) Chances are, you never met my brother. There...
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Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide
Misery passes, if you can hold on long enough. Everything passes, in time. In the meantime, if you need help, get help.
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O is for Optimism: Building Resilience Skills (Part 2)
When Mister Rogers was a little boy and not yet a Mister, he found current events frightening. According to the news, tragedies were...
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Finding Gratitude in a Desolate Time: Building Resilience Skills (Part 1)
For the last year, I have been speaking about psychological resilience, almost by accident. I didn’t really intend to lecture; I started...
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Five Grounding Tips for a Strange Time
We live in a quarantined area, and have been instructed to stay home as much as possible. I have never been so grateful to live in a...
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
One night I was 17, my friends Joe, Peter, and I watched Monty Python’s The Life of Brian. (As with all Monty Python, this is not a film...
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Why Your Therapist Can't Be Your Friend
Have you ever fantasized about being friends with your therapist? She smiles when you arrive, and she truly likes you. Her eyes shine...
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Norman Rockwell was a Liar
Are you excited about Thanksgiving? Are you looking forward to getting together with your whole family, because you always have a great...
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Staying Alive: Lessons from my Brother's Suicide
(Re-released today, in memory of my brother, and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Month.) Chances are, you never met my brother....
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Please Go Away!
My husband and I just returned from Tuscany and the South of France. We meandered through tiny medieval villages, visited Gothic...
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Why a Gym Reject became a Gym Rat
Deguires make terrible athletes. Neither my father, mother, brother nor I could play a sport or catch a ball. To this day, if you throw a...
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