Do you try to set New Year Resolutions every year? If you are like most people, you most certainly do. A few people may actually accomplish their goals, but many people fail. Do you know what all these people have in common?
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I am stressing out – Should I or shouldn’t I send out my usual Christmas Cards? The truth is in the past, they have been “wow” holiday cards, but this year I am experiencing higher stress than usual due to my recent change of jobs.
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“Wait. What did you just say? You have to be kidding me!” I said to our new book club member Mary. “What does that even mean: Forgiveness is not about the other person; you only have to forgive yourself?”
It didn’t make sense. I didn’t get it. And then, I listened some more.
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“Thank goodness, it’s not me,” I thought to myself watching the psychologist being interviewed on TV about what parents should say to their teenagers about the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson. It was a tragedy—and not the first of its kind either—touching the delicate topics of racial inequality and law enforcement justice. It had begun with a single shooting and had quickly progressed into weeks of 24-7 news coverage, riots, nationwide protests and FBI involvement. I watched and realized that very well could have been me on TV. After all, my co-author Karen Friedman and I are updating Stop Struggling With Your Teen (Viking Penguin; 1988).
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The New York Times recently ran this article; What the Therapist Thinks About You View Article
And our therapists have a response!
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