I wouldn’t exactly call myself a football “fan” but I appreciate watching a good game and I do loosely follow what’s going on in the NFL. I find that ideas in football, like many other sports, can offer lessons on life and love; perhaps that’s part of what makes sports movies meaningful. NFL games today…

As I write this, the media is saturated with articles about Harvey Weinstein and his problematic behavior that was widely known for decades in Hollywood. Many are questioning how people could know this about Mr. Weinstein yet proceed with business as usual. One of the best answers I’ve read is by Scott Rosenberg (seen here:…

One of my favorite movies is “Dirty Dancing” and as one of those people who can glean a life lesson from even the most random places, I turn to one of my favorite scenes from the movie. In this earth-shattering scene towards the beginning of the movie, Baby Houseman spots Jonny Castle dancing at a…

As I sit here on September 12th, my mind is still marinading in the surge of 9/11 thoughts and feelings I’ve been experiencing. 9/11 was a traumatic event for the American people. But not all Americans were traumatized; not all 9/11 survivors were traumatized. There were people who walked away from that day and were…

Perspectives on therapy- and what it says about you as a person– have such a range. There are those who talk about going to therapy the way they’ll talk about going to the gym, to those who nervously look over their shoulder as they enter the office suit, and everything in between. And then there…

My clients often share similar feelings about the frustrations they feel in their respective challenges.  A common sentiment is, “Overall, my life is going well and an outsider may think I have it all together, but they really have no clue what I struggle with and that I don’t feel comfortable in my own skin.”…