It seems to me the news has been particularly disturbing lately. Whether it’s ideological groups thrusting aggressively forward with psychologically terrifying tactics, a disturbing disease stealing the lives of...
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Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
I’m a Daily Struggling Someone, Not a Recovering Anybody
The discussion of male sexual abuse is slowly moving out of the shadows. The following piece is by a male victim of sexual abuse by both of his parents and others beginning early in his life. He is writing a book of...
What Are You Feeding Your Mind?
Craig Harper, a leading coach in Australia with a direct, wry and authentic writing style, compares the choices people make in their thinking and behaviors to the choices they make in what they put into their bodies...
Craig Harper, B.Ex.Sci.
New Year’s Resolutions for a Therapist
Many believe that therapists must get everything right in their lives. They should have great relationships and are happy most of the time. If we make our living guiding others towards emotional and relationship...
Is it hard? Accept difficulty.
Rick Hanson, PhD explores how peace can be more easily acquired if one learns to accept the challenges of life rather than be caught up in annoyance. He offers a number of ways to be better at handling the hard stuff...
Rick Hanson, PhD
What Does Emotional Health Look Like?
Many of us go to physicians to assess our physical health. Are there issues of disease present or are all systems in the body operating smoothly? It’s often obvious when physical health-related issues arise as there...
How are You? Really.
I’m not talking about the kind of “how are you” many of us ask acquaintances that often gets the “fine” response. Whether it’s true or not, many of us have gotten used to relying on...
How’s Your Emotional Health? A Quick Checklist
The term “emotional health” means different things to different people. We all have a basic sense of what makes us happy and the road to a peaceful, satisfying life is unique for everyone. As a therapist...
The Impact of Gratitude on Health and Well-Being
Dr. Robert Emmons’s research on gratitude began with a fairly simple experiment, asking one group of students to write down three “benefits” a day for 10 weeks – i.e, enjoying a haircut or a car...
Linda Graham, MFT
Ask Lisa: Should I cut off from my family of origin?
I’m doing a lot of personal work on overcoming some really dysfunctional situations with my family of origin. I’m 71 years old, (which is hard for me to even believe, feel like I’m 30) and am...
