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ARTArticleDo You Blame Yourself for Over-eating and Getting Overweight During Holiday Celebrations?Have you ever noticed, that no matter what holiday it is, there’s food associated with the celebration? Even for religious holidays where you “fast” there’s an ending of the fast meal that become part of the celebration. It's finally becoming apparent that dieting doesn't work. Sooner, rather than later, the weight you lost is regained. 95% of all dieters regain their hard fought lost weight within a couple of month to two years. And, unfortunately, most people still blame themselves for getting overweight in the first place, and secondly for failing at dieting.ARTArticleDo You Need To Be Loved? Or, Love To Be Needed?I'm sure you have heard couple's of all ages say to each other "I love you." You would probably like hearing it said to you, if it's not already. Sometimes when one person says "I love you" to another person, the response is "me too." I find that an absurd response. What does it mean? That I love me too? A more appropriate response would be "I love you too" and even that isn't terribly poignant. It's kind of like someone asking "how are you" and you say "fine." It's automatic and somewhat meaningless.ARTArticleEating Disorders, Addictions, and Alte atives to Traditional TherapiesRather than a specific therapy, there is a philosophy that appears to hold the key to binding all this treatment and recovery stuff together, Interestingly enough, an anthropologist named David Reynolds introduced me to this “philosophy” several years ago. Dr. Reynolds, who last I heard lives in Hawaii and holds a faculty position at UCLA’s medical school, wrote a book in 1984 called Constructive Living. The good professor chronicled specific “treatment” approaches taught in Japan referred to as “Morita Therapy”.ARTArticleEating Disorders: Intuitive Eating or Structured Food Plans?Internal vrs. Exte al Cues of Hunger ARTArticleEducational techniques for ADHD – What are executive function skills?Individuals with ADHD and ADD often have difficulty with Executive Skills, also called Executive Functions. These are the skills that help us manage and direct our lives.ARTArticleEffective Educational Services For Students With Special Learning NeedsWhat Is Educational Therapy? 15 million school age children in the US have learning problems that public and private schools can’t solve. There are 72,000 special education students in LAUSD, alone. Every day these students sit unhappily in class, losing hope of ever realizing their dreams. Students are living in pain and shame. They are not learning to be successful students. Their parents are frustrated in their attempts to find suitable education for their child. They’ve tried working through the public schools. They have hired tutors.ARTArticleEmpowering You to Empower Yourself – Melissa Heisler on The Empowerment ShowEmpowerment means the power of choice. Empowerment is about courage. It is the belief that we are in control of our experience. Empowerment is not about labeling good or bad, but about actively choosing what makes us happy in each and every moment. The journey to empowerment and great health is not linear and there is no quick fix. The journey is cyclical. There is a progression. We make a commitment, we make progress, we overcome new challenges, and we repeat. Each time, we move inch by inch to a better and better life. Our purpose is to experience the good, the bad and the ugly.ARTArticleFight Stress Successfully With Nutritious FoodStress has become a part of our daily life these days. With the demands of job increasing coupled with family pressures, people constantly feel worried and anxious. When you add an unhealthy lifestyle to this, your woes simply increase. The result is a number of diseases that weakens that body and become a lingering issue throughout life. So, how do you protect yourself from being the next victim of lifestyle diseases?ARTArticleFinish Once You Start and Know How to Do It RightMany people have this annoying habit of starting many different projects simultaneously or on different times and leave them unfinished before taking on another responsibility. They are either too callous to complete what they started or are confident that someone else will do it for them. Either way it causes problems in their professional and personal lives. Companies may lose deadlines or relationships go through rough patches if not severed completely. If your habit of leaving too many loose ends is causing a major havoc, it is time for a change. This is how to achieve this.ARTArticleFlexibility and OutcomeFor the past five years, I have been earnestly working on writing my first solo book. The concept originally started with musings on my walk to my old corporate job. Then I wrote a few essays and ideas. None seemed to take shape. After leaving corporate America, I knew it was the time to make it happen. I would go away for a few days on our boat and write standing in our cabin for hours and hours each day. In an amazingly short period of time, I had a completed manuscript. And it wasn’t very good.ARTArticleGifted and learning disabled: Students who are twice exceptionalParents may suspect that their child is gifted, yet be baffled when their smart child has difficulty learning in certain areas. Some intellectually gifted students also have special learning needs such as a learning disability. Gifted students may also have other special educational needs such as auditory processing problems, dyslexia, ADHD or emotional problems. When a highly intelligent child has a learning disability, it is difficult for parents to make sense of the learning and behavior patterns they observe.ARTArticleGratitude & Appreciation: More tha WordsAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy How trustworthy are our words if there is no action behind them? We can tell our kids not to smoke, but if they see us smoking, can we realistically expect them to listen? We can say we care about our health, but do our eating habits support our claim? The old adage rings true: Actions speak louder than words. It is not just the words we say that reveal the condition of our hearts. People watch what we do more than what we say.ARTArticleGuide Your Special Needs Child To Unlock Their Inner Greatness!Children with special learning needs have experienced more failure and disappointment than other children. Parenting children with special learning needs can be difficult, and calls forth from their parents an extra measure of care in "planting the seeds of greatness." Seeds of "greatness" grow into strong, confident children—skilled learners who make bold choices and expect the best for their lives.ARTArticleGuidelines for Marketing and Developing A Successful PracticeBuilding a successful private practice takes a coordination of activity. It takes working honing your craft, it takes a support system, the use of multiple of marketing tools and in this day and age it takes creating a web presence. If you'd like to know more about marketing tools you can go to my website www.TherapyMarketingCoach.com and if you sign up for my news letter right now you will get a free article on marketing tools. Here I will try and give an overview of websites and what a web presence can mean. Web Presence:r ARTArticleHappy Family at Holidays? Not So FastFor many people, family gatherings during the Happy Holidays aren't so happy. While most of us enjoy getting together at holidays, mixed feelings of love, anxiety and confusion often collide. But why in the world would family holidays cause conste ation or anxious feelings? Why would family be other than a supreme source of joy? Are not our families the portals in the storm and our safe refuge? Sadly, not always, and the reason is that some families just aren't safe and their communication style is often a big part of the problem.ARTArticleHappy Mother's Day to Every "Good-Enough" MotherFor many of us, Mother's Day stirs something deeply loving. For others, ambivalent feelings abide. You see, after thirty-three years in the counseling field and drying the tears off many faces, I can accurately say that not every woman feels she had, was or is the "good-enough mother."ARTArticleHealing Emotional Abuse and Covert Family ViolenceHealing Emotional Abuse and Covert Family Violence Definition of Abuse: Anything less than nurturing is abuse. As the description of one of Alice Miller’s foundational books states, 'Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents’ expectations and win their love.'ARTArticleHow Important is the Glycemic Index?The glycemic index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after ingestion. Different carbohydrate-containing foods (sugars and starches) vary in their effect on blood sugar levels.ARTArticleHow Mindfulness WorksMany years ago, I read a book that spoke about how we need to provide ourselves with self-check ups. It was a strange idea, I thought, because I’m with myself all the time, what on earth do I need to check in about? But I am sure that we can all relate to ‘catching’ ourselves doing certain things – when a moment of sanity hits us smack in the head – and we realize something is going on with us that we had absolutely no conscious awareness of at all.ARTArticleHow to Achieve a Well-Balanced LifeWe live in a very fast-paced world. As such, it’s easy to be stressed out. However, oftentimes, stress is a result of not being able to correctly balance everything that’s on our plate. Following is a quick rundown of things that you can do to ensure that you live a well-balanced life. Cut out unnecessary activities. For about a week, list down everything that you’re doing; don’t leave out any detail.ARTArticleHow To Be A Terrific ListenerPeople have a need to be listened to because of an increased sense of isolation at home and at work. Listening to someone shows that you care for that person. When we do not listen, we are showing that we really do not care about the person who is talking. Listening creates connection, caring, a sense of community or belonging and can be a catharsis for the speaker. It is one of the most important aspects of a helping relationship. Also, listening is good for your health.ARTArticleHow to find LoveThe world is filled with people who are unhappy and even angry because they can’t get the love that they want. Most of us think that we need to do something different or be with someone different in order to get what we think we need—love from someone else. We have to be better, do more, achieve more, or look different to get what we want.ARTArticleHow to Heal Ourselves and the WorldGenerally, society works against us discovering and being ourselves. We are taught to be what society and our parents want us to be. There is little faith in the brilliance and miracle of who we are. Instead, there is typically a fear that we are not enough and we have to push to be the best we can be to get what we want. We have to make ourselves into what we are supposed to be, and that is (we are told) not an easy road.ARTArticleHow to Spare the Feelings of Others for That Deeper ConnectionYou should always tell the truth! Never lie in a relationship! These are some unwritten commandments related to personal conduct and contact with other people that advice books everywhere tell you to follow. While this is certainly true in idealistic situation, real life does not work that way. Sometimes the truth may hurt badly and put relationships in the back gear. Half-truths or buffers may stand a better chance and allow deeper connections.ARTArticleHow to Take Care Of Yourself Emotionally and Ensure a Happy ExistenceIn the regular life scenario, one has to work under pressure and keep everyone around us happy and contented. In this constant endeavor to these people, are you getting the short end of the stick emotionally? Are you the one who has to constantly compromise and feel short-changed? Do not reach your breaking point, unnecessarily, taking care of yourself emotionally from the very first ensures satisfaction and a happy life in all scenarios. Finding an emotional release in overcrowded and stressful setting may seem like a tall task, but it is surely possible. Acknowledging Your Feelings ARTArticleIm Here In Sickness and In Health: I Just Don't Want to Discuss it"I feel like there are thumb tacks in my bed!" I say to my husband as he crawls into the other side of our bed. "I know there is nothing there, but I just feel bruised all over." "I'm sorry," he offers with a sympathetic voice, but there is little else he can do. "Actually, I sort of feel nauseous too," I share. "It's probably just the drugs. I wonder if I should eat something or if that would make it worse. I'm sure it will pass if I can just get to sleep." I look over and he is already starting to snore. For many of us, our spouse is our best friend.ARTArticleImprove Your Relationship Management Skills with These 5 TipsRelationship management becomes more important as you assume more professional responsibility. You need skills to build bonds, inspire, influence and develop others. All the while you need to be open to change, manage conflict and establish teamwork. Emotional Intelligence author Daniel Goleman believes it is possible to build better relationships one step at a time.ARTArticleIn Challenging Times, No More “Inner Child”: Boldly Bring Your Inner ChutzpahOver lunch, a colleague posed a provocative challenge: “Write an article on chutzpah.” He believes the timing is right. In this difficult economy and uncertain times it’s certainly tempting to withdraw into a shell. But a better strategy might be a contrary one, throwing off the shell and putting yourself out there.ARTArticleInspiration From a 13 Year OldToday I received a paper written by a 13 year old girl. She loves to perform and when she finally had her chance on center stage, she got butterflies and felt as though she could burst. What struck me was that this young lady put herself in the present moment and used her senses. She smelled the dusty old stage and at that moment she knew she was unstoppable. She sang a song and proved not only to herself but to many others that she was amazing and clearly unstoppable. This 13 year old girl learned from her ownself that she could do anything that she set her mind to.ARTArticleInternal Vs. Exte alThere is so much more to be said for the topic of mindfulness. One image that continues to come back to me each time I start to write about it, is that of shadow boxing. When we are in a situation in which we are not able to see or understand whatever it is we have to undertake, there is no way we can be very effective with it. The more we understand the task we are faced with, the better we can accomplish it. That seems like it would be such an indisputable fact that it boggles my mind when it comes to issues like anxiety, depression or emotional struggles we may have.

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