End of 2020…and now 2024: How To Deal
Update November 2024: This post is from December 2020, but the concepts remain the same as we close out 2024. See if you can use these road-tested ideas to get…
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Procrastination Doesn’t Have To Be Your Enemy
Hey guys, it’s midterm season. When I was in college and printing a finished paper (believe it, we used to print papers), you’d have found two things to be true…
Posted inAnxiety Covid Depression Self-Help
Special Post #3: Where Sadness, Waiting, and Hope Meet
On Wednesday we received official word that schools in our area won’t reopen for the year. While nobody was surprised, I did feel more than justified in having pancakes for…
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Good Therapy Should Include Teaching These Two Skills
Here are two topics that come up over time with nearly everyone in my office. I use them to evaluate a person's well-being and assess where to begin. Ready to…
10 things I learned in 10 Years
10 years ago this month, I opened up my private practice in a beautiful old Mediterranean house-turned-office building in Berkeley. Instead of throwing a party for my 10 year old office plant,…
Posted inRelationships Self-Help
Tell Yourself The Truth
Have you been lying to yourself, or someone else? This eats up a lot of your willpower and personal strength. Do yourself a favor and start coming clean. Learn why it's…
Posted inDepression Self-Help
Save Some Happiness For Later
Your summer vacation may be past, or even that weekend you looked forward to for so long is now history. But you can learn how to make your ordinary days…
Posted inDepression Relationships Self-Help
Turn Rejection Into Something Better
How do you handle yourself when "No" is the answer? Do you prefer a gentle let down or a direct and decisive rejection? Most of us want to feel like…
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You Can Teach Your Kids Resilience; Here’s How and Why
I've written before about the ability to recover from setbacks, trauma, and disappointment. Resilience is not just a state of mind that some of us are born into implementing more than…
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A Better To-Do List
The whole point of a To Do List is to get an item out of our minds and onto paper. It is essentially a promise to remember to do something.…