mental-health

Gift-giving, part 2

This workshop will be coming to a city near you. But first we have to finish writing and publishing the book. And then, you are all going to learn how to thrive.

Courage and Creativity

I never understood why some people don’t like New Year’s resolutions, just because we’re bound to mess them up. Of course we’re going to mess them up! We mess everything…

Overshooting your mark

Successes are important because they give us the encouragement and motivation to keep trying. However, you will learn far more from your mistakes than you will from your successes. It's only in the mistakes that we encounter the opportunity to acquire wisdom.

Anger, part 2

But trying not to get angry doesn't work. You may say you don't feel it, but it's coming out, anyway, in ways that you don't even know about. That’s the kind of denial in passivity. Your anger is hidden from you, but you feel very hurt and undeserving.

Anger, part 1

When people are too afraid to acknowledge their vulnerability, their hurt, and their shame, anger is expressed very explosively. Our anger is projected onto other people so that we can distract ourselves from how we've been hurt--triggered, really--by something that we may not even be consciously aware of.

Guess What? I’m Neurodivergent!

I see a lot of women diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood because they had managed to compensate and succeed with considerable effort, despite having the disorder. It took a while…
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