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Category Archives: General
Dealing With Betrayal in Midlife: 4 Steps To Healing
Recently I wrote about how the separation of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver might be touching fears about marital stability in midlife. I had mentioned affairs as one possible pitfall in a midlife marriage, particularly one where one or both … Continue reading
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Don’t Be So Quick To Say You’re Not The Buddha
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to attend a three day workshop presented by Dan Siegel, MD at Kripalu Center in Massachusetts. In case you haven’t heard of him, Dan Siegel is a psychiatrist, author and preeminent researcher in … Continue reading
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Lost Your Midlife Mojo? Three Steps To Getting It Back
Remember having a sense of personal vibrancy and exuberance, when all things seemed possible? When you had the “magic”? When you felt full of joie de vivre, attractive and alive? Are you feeling it now? Yes, no, maybe? If the … Continue reading
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Ready, Aim, STOP!! Three Steps To Slowing Down Your Life
It saddens me to witness what a difficult time some people have stopping. Stopping their thoughts, stopping their words, stopping the constant race of some kind, any kind, of forward motion. It’s hard to have a good life when you simply … Continue reading
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Approach With An Easy Heart
Last week Charlie Rose interviewed actor Bradley Cooper, star of the recent box office hit movie Limitless. When Rose asked him how he’s changed in the process of preparing for a role Cooper replied, “The main thing I’ve learned is … Continue reading
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The Gift of a Mid-Life Crisis (Or Two or Three)
It’s never to late, or too early, to have a mid-life crisis. The phrase “mid-life crisis” has become impossibly trite. But a mid-life crisis still describes an experience that many, if not most, people have at some point in their … Continue reading
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The Sleep Diet
I’m on a diet. The Sleep Diet. Unlike most diets, however, this diet involves indulgence rather than deprivation. Since January 1, I have been sleeping as much as I want. I go to bed early and I don’t get up until I … Continue reading
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Getting Counsel From Someone Who’s Been There
Lawyer-turned-therapist offers help to attorneys in crisis by Douglas S. Malan The Connecticut Law Tribune March 30, 2009 Karen Caffrey knows the feeling. You’re in your early thirties and things are starting to click at your law firm. You’re getting … Continue reading
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12 Signs Of A Better Life
How do you know if counseling could help you create a better life? Take a look at the following 12 Signs Of A Better Life, and think about whether adding these things to your life would improve it…..counseling can help.
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The Knot and the Onion
Although common lore likens the process of psychotherapy to peeling an onion, the image that more often comes to my mind is that of untangling a long chain of jewelry. Many of us have had the experience of picking up a … Continue reading
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