Recently I was very excited to find a Christmas picture from my childhood. I was so excited about this picture that I shared it with my father. He was, however, less pleased with the photo. While for me, this picture brought back fabulous memories of a happy childhood and celebrating my favorite holiday, for my … More Broken Perceptions: A picture is worth a thousand words
During my time working in an emergency room providing crisis counseling to patients and families, I found one day to be harder than any other all year. This day was Christmas Eve. One particular year, there seemed to be more than the average death on this holiday. As a social worker providing crisis counseling in … More ‘Tis the Season: Bereavement and the Holidays
The 5 Love Languages were created by Gary Chapman as a self-help tool to understand ourselves and our loved ones. You can find the assessment, order his book, and access other resources on his website here. Chapman identifies the 5 Love Languages as: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Services, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical … More Cyber Monday: The Love Language Shopping Guide
There are 6 weeks left of 2017. These six weeks are supposed to be joyful and family-filled; however, for most of us, they are hectic and stress-filled. Some of us may feel the pressure of last-minute diets to look good in that family photo or that holiday dress. This may even be lower our self-esteem … More Thanksgiving and Mindfulness: How to get the most from your holidays
After decades of relative silence surrounding sexual harassment, the revelation of new scandals in Hollywood has brought the issue into the forefront of media attention. Awareness of this issue has been sparked further by the #metoo social media campaign, which encourages women of all ages to place #metoo as their status if they have ever … More #metoo: Addressing sexual harassment with teens
It is extremely common for someone to feel like they have fewer friends than those around them or that they are in some way missing out on the fantastic lives lived by others. This feeling can be positive in that it motivates us to form new friendships and to improve our lives. However, sometimes this … More FOMO: Your social media use is making it worse
I have seen the above graphic posted several times on social media sites. It is often accompanied by words of encouragement or a short video encouraging us to speak kindly to our children. However, in order to speak kindly to our children, we must first evaluate whether we speak kindly to ourselves. Many of us … More Unparenting Ourselves: The WAY we talk to ourselves is our inner voice
In case you didn’t hear, Taylor Swift released a new song, Look What You Made Me Do. The tune, set to the beat of I’m Too Sexy, may be the most passive aggressive song she has ever released. And that is saying something for someone whose usual sources of inspiration are breakups with boyfriends and … More Look What You Made Me Do: How to take control of the narrative
Miami was ranked 3rd most Instagrammed U.S. city by Holidu who counted 49,657,76 Miami hashtags. As we all quickly check who came in above us (New York: 148,693,770; Los Angeles: 69,471,084) it is no wonder Miami is 3rd given that we live in a beautiful, diverse community that is hard not to share. As … More Welcome to Miami: Home of internet trolls and beautiful people
Have you ever got the feeling that maybe all the sane workers quit and that is how your current boss rose to power? Or are they secretly an enemy sleeper agent sabotaging the office from the inside (see info graphic below)? Also are they eliminating anyone who figures this out? If this is the case, … More Code Word El Jefe: What I have learned from working for horrible bosses
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