“I just want to get rid of the part of me that gets angry so easily.” “I hate the part of me that thinks about food all the time.” “I just want to kill the part of me that is so needy.” For the last 35 years I have been counseling individuals, couples, families and […]
Category Archives: Self Development
I am concerned about my daughter, “Julie.” She is 16 and a junior in high school. She gets fair grades, doesn’t get into a lot of trouble, and doesn’t smoke or do drugs as far as I know. Why the concern, you ask? It’s the way she dresses. Julie likes to wear baggy pants, T-shirts […]
It was just after noon when the young President’s limousine made its way into a depository. He had stopped twice to shake hands with some nuns and school children. Suddenly, shots were fired; and at 1 p.m. President Kennedy was proclaimed dead. Overnight, the number of inspirational poetry written about the president and the assassination […]
I have been a member of a group called the Women in Business Connection (WIBC for short) in Cambridge, MA for about four years. We get together for lunch meetings once a month. Last week at our December event several of the women commented to me how much they liked my newsletter. It is always […]
Goal oriented people have a lot on their minds. We are constantly thinking about our To-Do lists, who we need to contact, our schedules, meetings, family obligations, barbecues… you name it. As such, when we are in a meeting or listening to a presentation there may be a tendency for the mind to drift off […]
We all can’t be astronauts, professional athletes, dolphin trainers or test pilots — some of us have to work for a living. I’m not implying that the people in those professions don’t actually work, I’m suggesting that some jobs might not seem like work. Unfortunately, I don’t have one of those jobs and I’m guessing […]