empathy
March 11, 2014
Something devastating happened to you. Maybe it was yesterday. Maybe it was fifty years ago. You got through it…somehow, but it keeps haunting you. Small, everyday […]
July 22, 2013
Feeling emotionally and physically drained? In my last post, I talked about the amazing pool of energy available to you by loving yourself. Giving yourself permission […]
July 18, 2013
We all feel drained sometimes. Even on a beautiful, sunny day, our world can feel cold and overcast. It is tempting to look for something on […]
March 27, 2013
When our feelings flare up, we tend to communicate our feelings in the least effective way: we blame, criticize, manipulate, or demand. The problem feels like […]
December 9, 2012
“I don’t get it,” says a 30-something woman in my office. “He doesn’t seem to hear what I am saying. I can tell him over and […]
October 31, 2012
The following are a few mindfulness breathing meditations* that can be practiced every day individually or in sequence. No need for yoga poses or bulk time […]
October 4, 2012
You used to be amazing together. You were open, supportive, understanding… passionate. Somehow, it changed. Maybe you have been drifting away from each other. Maybe you […]
September 11, 2012
On this infamous day eleven years ago, we each experienced something shockingly terrible. Many of us vividly remember seeing the plane going into the towers, the […]
July 21, 2012
Imagine going into surgery for an appendectomy. When you come back to consciousness after surgery, you realize that something is different: you have been mistakenly given […]
July 3, 2012
Attorneys tend to far more depressed, anxious, unhappy, and even suicidal than most other professions. In Part I of this series, I listed some of the […]
June 19, 2012
So… you want to be an attorney? Great! Most of the general population views a career in law as empowering, lucrative, rewarding, exciting, and prestigious. Parents […]
May 15, 2012
I just heard a wonderful talk by Warren Berland about how to “get out of the box” to a freer self through a simple 2-step exercise. […]
October 4, 2012
You used to be amazing together. You were open, supportive, understanding… passionate. Somehow, it changed. Maybe you have been drifting away from each other. Maybe you […]