VIDEO: The Ugly Flower: How Jealousy Can Destroy Your Relationships
Jealousy can be crippling. Sometimes people believe that jealousy comes from “caring so much,” but in reality, jealousy comes from…
5 Things You Can Do To Avoid Family Feuds During the Holidays
The holidays can bring unbelievably happy memories, but they can also bring some disastrous family feuds. This holiday season, strive…
Go to Bed Angry: Feel Better In the Morning
There is an old adage: “Never go to bed angry.” Despite the good intentions behind this saying, it might just…
Dealing with Addiction: Restoring Balance in the Family
Human homeostasis refers to the body’s ability to physically regulate its inner environment to ensure its balance in response to…
Trimming the Roast: Blindly Following in the Footsteps of Others
A little girl once asked her mother why she cut the ends off her roast beef before she cooked it.…
The Wise Deer and the Silly Squirrel: A Lesson in Patience
Co-written with my amazing daughter, Kaia. Once upon a time there lived a wise deer who taught many creatures of…
The Contributions of Burrhus, or: The Importance of Consistency in Parenting
The Skinner box was a specifically designed apparatus that involved a rat, a lever, and food pellets. The experiments done…
My Bad, Child: Accepting Responsibility for How We Shape Our Children
I once worked with a family who originally brought their 14 year-old daughter in for therapy; we’ll call the girl…
Making A Moment: Putting Others First
Most of us are familiar with the phrase, “take a moment,” but I wonder what might happen if we traded…
Learning to Speak the Language: Abandoning Selfishness for Understanding
Once a girl from a very poor, remote country went to work in America. She learned to speak English, to…