We are now 9 days post surgery and Ilan is doing well. His back has healed wonderfully. I really believe the arnica he took helped a lot in that regard. I’m a firm believer. The week was pretty rough. Having had a few surgeries myself I should have remembered the experience. Aside from the terrible [...]
Having suffered since childhood from depression, I was deeply moved by an article I read on washingtonpost.com written by Daniele Seiss, entitled “Running For My Life“.
I began running to get fit and to shed some pounds and also discovered, accidentally, the huge benefits that pounding the earth has on my mental state. While I can never [...]
Our oldest son, Ilan, got married last week. And our ten year old daughter, Gabi, began her first day in grade 5 today. Having children spread over 16 years of age provides for an interesting existence.
Ilan (26) married Carrie, now his beautiful wife. It’s very hard to put into words the feeling of that experience. [...]
In this video, I make reference to my recent blog post entitled “No One Feels The Way I Do” where I wrote about sharing with my cousins my struggles with anxiety and their reactions.
Have you ever shared your experience with anxiety with someone? How did they react? I’d love to hear your stories and perspectives!
One of the great lessons I have learned from my children is to say what I mean. Children are experts in many ways and one of these areas of expertise is being able to see right through innuendos. Non-verbal “speaking” has as much impact on kids as verbal.
When my youngest son, who is now grown [...]
In this episode: discipline and emotional intelligence. Topics include disciplining from baby to teenager, helping parents handle their feelings, and how to incorporate emotional intelligence in discipline.
As promised in the podcast, here is a link to the book made reference to. It is called “Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive [...]
I’ve decided to change the format for this videos slightly from a “faq” format to a “q&a” one. Before, I would answer many questions per video however I felt the videos ran too long. Instead, now I’ll be anwering one question per video so that the content is much more specific.
I love answering questions about [...]
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