We all know the feeling. You get angry. Very angry. You might not know why, but you feel it boiling up inside you. You get more and more enraged, looking for an outlet. An outlet will come, and the problem is that you cannot tell who that person will be. […]

We all have blue days:
We’re missing someone we’ve lost, the expected promotion didn’t come through, we’ve exhausted ourselves over the holidays. But when these feelings continue for a long time and begin to interfere in your life, you may have an illness that doctors call major depressive disorder (or depression).
Depression is not something you can […]

It is an established fact that almost two-thirds of all people afflicted with some kind of mental dysfunction do not seek treatment. This is confirmed by the WHO’s Global Burden of Disease study.
The reasons for that people do not seek treatment vary, but some of the most common ones are a fear of the social […]

With the current interest in mental health topics, a mental
health language has emerged with words such as
manipulation, boundaries, limits, rescuing, dependence, and
codependence. Many people are unclear what these words mean
when applied to relationships. I would like to bring some
clarity to one of these terms - MANIPULATION - and how it
relates to the other terms mentioned […]

Sometimes hate may be very useful. Yes, I mean it. When you pull off your negative emotions on something absolutely unconnected with your family or friends, it saves them from your rage.
It is bad when you hate people. However, you may hate personalities. Not real people, but their public appearances. If you do think that […]

1. Celebrate Valentines Day Every Day: Love is a practice. Say I love you in the morning and at night….more is better. Share with one another the things that give you the greatest pleasure and help one another’s dream come true. For example if you partner loves music, bring home CDs or tickets to concerts […]

Have you ever had someone attacking you and you can’t figure out why? They may say it is because of something you said, did or wrote, yet you know that it had nothing to do with them.
This happens more than we realize. And knowing how to recognize it and how to deal with it, is […]

What do you do if you want to have a difficult conversation about an important workplace matter but the other person doesn’t? When you want to talk and the other person doesn’t, it may be tempting to cajole or demand. Too often, this approach has mixed success because you may be missing important subtext in […]

Since the rise of cell phone use in the workplace, this question has plagued people at all levels of management: Should you give your cell phone number out to your client? The quick answer seems like “Sure, why not?”. However, I urge you to think about this before you go ahead and give […]

For thousands of years aromatic oils have been used to help calm stress, anxiety and panic. Aromatherapy can be a valuable ally for healing trauma whether you are a trauma survivor, a relief worker whose affected by your direct involvement with survivors, or simply someone feeling traumatized by seeing and hearing the stories of […]