What is Social Comparison? A colleague commented on my recent Procrastination post that Procrastination is not his problem, but Social Comparison is. I took this as a call to write something on Social ...

 This one simple question can be incredibly powerful. It can elicit significant self-exploration and change. If you struggle with anxiety, you know how difficult it is to cope with day-to-day activities. ...

“Starting a new year sucks,” Rod says at the beginning of their first couples therapy session of the new year. I feel I need to make ‘resolutions’ about being a better person. As ...

CNN Reports… Procrastination hurts—not just the accomplishment of personal and career goals—but in mental health as well. CNN reported on the problems with procrastination just this past week, and I wrote ...

Decision v Struggle People often ask me how they are supposed to know what is the right decision when they feel like they ‘can’t decide’. The error is in the question, ...

We often hear that there is no structure for going through the stages of grief, and for the most part this is true as your mind and body will ride the ...

When you practice awareness, you are not trying to change anything but rather bringing awareness to everything that you do and experience. Change happens all by itself because change is always ...

In both my daily life and private practice, I encounter a surprising number of women who seem to hold themselves to impossible standards.  Many of these women report feeling pressured to ...

Blame Shifting can be summarized as a failure of accountability where an individual (or entity) attempts to force blame on another individual (or entity) who is not responsible for the failure. ...