My Last Goodbye: Loss and Grief
My mother asked me to come with my young family from our home in Boston to New York City to visit her and my father for Labor Day weekend. It … Read more
How To Practice Meditation
How to create the practice of meditation: Sit in a comfortable position with good support Find a quiet environment Close your eyes and relax your body Watch the rise and … Read more
How To Practice Constructive Rest
the Practice of Constructive Rest TEACHES YOU TO BREATHE ABDOMINALLY AND LEARN AUTHENTIC RELAXATION. The constructive rest position is ideal for learning abdominal breathing, for easing you into sleep, for … Read more
How To Create a Practice of Abdominal Breathing
Practice Abdominal Breathing FOR BEING IN THE MOMENT AND MANAGING DIFFICULT PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SENSATIONS Relax the shoulders and lift up in the chest bone. Breathe into the low belly, … Read more
Benefits of Meditation for Women
Wendy juggles the single parenting of two teenage children, her part-time interior design business, and tries desperately to stick to her exercise routine. She feels frazzled and irritable most of … Read more
Affirmations: Firing Up Your Brain
It’s possible to fire up your brain positively or negatively. Your thoughts shape your inner experience. Frequent use of affirmations helps keep you motivated and focused on the positive, in … Read more
Beneath Anxiety and Depression
Susan’s teenage children are acting out. Her aging parents want more of her time and attention. Her mother is beginning to show signs of dementia and her father wants Susan … Read more
Be Here Now
Nothing during my rigorous training to become a psychologist thirty years ago prepared me to be in the present moment. We focused on anxiety, depression, loneliness, suffering, isolation, abandonment, post-traumatic … Read more
Friendship: Overcoming Disappointment
Beth and Robin were inseparable friends while their children were growing up. They met when their oldest boys began preschool together. They each had three children within months of one … Read more