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ARTArticleFound It - It’s In My Pants!It's all in how you look at it, don't you think! Linda Larson Schlitz is one of my most inspirational friends. You'll see why I admire her so much when I tell you this story! She has ADHD and Hypo-Mania Type II Bi-Polar - and I tell you that because it's important to the whole point of this story! Misplacing or losing things is something Linda accepts as a part of life.ARTArticleGratitude - The Antidote for Toxic EmotionsYou cannot be grateful and bitter. You cannot be grateful and unhappy. You cannot be grateful and without hope. You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful. ~author unknown ARTArticleGratitude Improves Symptoms of ADHDI hope when you finish this article you'll feel grateful that you read it because it might help you improve your life! Big promise, right!?! Ok, here goes… Most people have heard about practicing gratitude, and maybe even know that research has proven many benefits from making gratitude a habit in your life. Specifically, how is a practice of gratitude related to improving ADHD symptoms?ARTArticleGratitude: How It Opens Hearts & Fills Them with JoyHappiness is itself a kind of gratitude. ~ Joseph Wood Krutch When I first came across this quote, I had to stop and think about it. Why would happiness be a kind of gratitude? According to Webster's Dictionary, to be grateful or thankful is to be conscious of a benefit being received and to be well pleased.ARTArticleGrief, Loss and ResolutionWhen someone we love dies, a feeling of deep, painful grief is a natural and common response. Actually, grief can be triggered by the loss of anything we value, anything in which we have invested time, energy, a part of ourselves--a job, a work of art, a beloved pet. People who are divorcing are often surprised (and appalled) by the depth of their grief, unless they realize that what they are mou ing is not the angry battleground that the relationship has become but the dream they still cherish of what might have been.ARTArticleGrowing PainsGrowing pains are just that… painful. I’m not talking about physical growth spurts when you were younger and your body ached for days. No… I’m talking about growing pains that stem from personal growth. These growing pains manifest when you make changes in your life and feel emotional discomfort or pain. Sometimes growth can be quite exciting, but as humans, we are built to be creatures of habit and comfort.ARTArticleHappy Stress Awareness Month!Stress awareness month always confused me. Aren’t we always hyperaware of how stressed we are? What we may not realize is how stress affects us. The Price of Stress When we are stressed our limbic brain takes over, shutting down all body systems which do not help us fight or flee danger. Our digestive, reproductive and immune systems are turned off momentarily to move all our power and energy to our muscles to run or defend ourselves. Once the immediate danger is over, our systems revert back to normal functioning.ARTArticleHappy Stress Awareness Month!Stress awareness month always confused me. Aren’t we always hyperaware of how stressed we are? What we may not realize is how stress affects us. The Price of Stress When we are stressed our limbic brain takes over, shutting down all body systems which do not help us fight or flee danger. Our digestive, reproductive and immune systems are turned off momentarily to move all our power and energy to our muscles to run or defend ourselves. Once the immediate danger is over, our systems revert back to normal functioning.ARTArticleHealing your Inner WorldAs we progress through life, the following question comes up for each of us: ""Who am I really ?" Sometimes this question arises spontaneously, other times it may come about after a traumatic or significant life event. We then begin to wonder who are we really beneath the pain, resentments, injustices, hurts, and negative experiences we have encountered in our lives. As we contemplate this, the thought of what would really make us truly happy ,peaceful, content and fulfilled comes forth.ARTArticleHEDONIC EATING AND EATING DISORDERS“Hedonic Eating” literally translates to “pleasure eating.” It refers to eating in the absence of biological need or hunger. From my standpoint it describes a pattern of disordered eating that contributes to the current rise with eating disorders and obesity. With few exceptions it involves cravings for highly palatable foods – usually sugar laden, unhealthy fats, refined flour aka most highly processed foods. You know, the usual fare at most fast food chains and shelves of our supermarkets.ARTArticleHow College Can Fuel AddictionIf you’re a new college student, you are exposed not only to a higher level of education, but a newfound freedom and independence. You will get the opportunity to meet various people and learn about different cultures due to the wide array of ethnic groups on many college campuses. However, there can also be a darker side to attending college. There are actually a few ways that college can fuel addiction. How College Can Fuel Addiction Access ARTArticleHow to Create an Inner Place of HealingIt has become essential in this fast paced world to discover ways to create a calm,centered place within. As a psychotherapist specializing in hypnotherapy, the most powerful technique I know to relieve stress is to spend 20-30 minutes daily in hypnosis. Which leads into a brief description of what hypnotic trance really is. Hypnosis, very simply put, is a very relaxed yet focused state of mind. Those who meditate may already know that the trance state created in meditation is the same as the trance state created during hypnosis.ARTArticleIf Today was Your Last DayIt's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ARTArticleIndividual and Collective Crisis/Trauma Intervention and Debriefing: Ten Steps & StrategiesIn light of events fifteen miles away (Baltimore) to 10,000 miles from my doorstop (Nepal), this essay titled, "Individual and Collective Crisis/Trauma Intervention and Debriefing: Ten Steps & Strategies," clearly has immediate relevance and application. Actually, the impetus for the article occurred last week when a friend and colleague (originally from Nepal) asked me to talk briefly about stress and trauma on a strategic planning phone conference with other Nepali-bo individuals.ARTArticleListening to our needs strengthens usIf you do for others and neglect your own needs, you are not nurturing yourself and you are not aligned with your true self. Often people are told they are selfish if they think of themselves and and put their needs before others, but really we strengthen ourselves when we listen to our own needs. We are born into the world only with ourselves—this is our main gift to the world—us. So when we bring ourselves fully into the world, others benefit. We come home to ourselves by listening to our bodies. When we are in sync and aligned, we feel strong, and content.ARTArticleLiving in this moment; Loving in this momentIn one of my overeating support groups this week, we were discussing the notion of "living in this moment." So often, when we aren't satisified with our bodies, we put our lives on hold. We tell ourselves that we're not applying for that new position, going back to school, volunteering, beginning dating, visiting the doctor or taking that new exercise class because we need to lose some weight first. The fantasy is that when we lose the weight, we will feel much better about ourselves and feel motivated to move forward.ARTArticleMaking a Decision? Discover What Is Most Important to YouAre you struggling with whether or not to do something? Sometimes it can feel like you are at a crossroad. You might feel: • Confused about what you are feeling and why. • Stuck in a work situation or relationship. • Overwhelmed and stressed by recent events. You may have blind spots that prevent you from knowing what direction to take and setting realistic goals. To get clarity, it is important for you to identify your values because they make your life more meaningful.ARTArticleMarriage Counseling: How to Get the Results You WantOne of the questions I am most frequently asked is what makes for successful marriage counseling. Naturally the training and background of the therapist is very important in making for a successful marriage counseling experience. However, I am going to focus on that in a separate article which addresses specifically what you should look for in a marriage counselor.ARTArticleNew Horizons: The Promise of Energy PsychologyPsychologist Roger Callahan tells a fascinating anecdote about a patient he calls Mary. Around 1980, they were working together on her intense, life-long phobia of water. He’d been working with her for about a year and had tried every conventional therapy he could think of. She’d gotten a little better, but not much. One day, as they were working in sight of a swimming pool, she complained of nausea and upset stomach. Callahan had been studying Chinese medicine and had learned that one of the end points of the stomach meridian is at the bone just unde eath each eye.ARTArticleOnline Anger Managment Class - How to Avoid Getting Cheated When Ordering OnlineQuite naturally, one of the biggest conce s about taking an online anger management class is whether or not its legitimate. Far too many of us have spent money on something online that we thought was a high quality product only to find out that it wasn't what it was advertised to be.ARTArticlePlants that Don’t Grow Wither – Writers Do Too Here’s How to Keep GrowingPlants need soil, water and light. And so do writers. Your “soil” is the foundation of basic good writing skills, which you probably learned years ago. Your “water” is the stuff that keeps pouring into your brain through all of your senses. It provides the information you can use as you write. And your “light?” Well, that is the bright idea that comes to you in an “aha” moment. It is that wonderful thing that gets your “juices” flowing and lets you write great copy – content, articles, and blog posts.ARTArticlePreventing Stress By Cleaning and OrganizingHow Do You React to Stress?ARTArticlePsychology Hacks to Boost Your CreativityWe’re all advised to avoid sarcasm in our personal communications. But it turns out that sarcastic exchanges can enhance and boost your creativity. Sarcasm is frequently used as a way to hurt, demean, or belittle others. It also, too often, serves as a veil for hostility, when direct confrontation would actually get to the heart of the matter. In addition to this, sarcasm is frequently used as a tool to bully the naive and innocent. Knowing all of this, your takeaway might be that sarcasm is a terrible form of communicating and should be avoided at all costs. Hold that thought.ARTArticleRemembering GratitudeToday I was speaking with another therapist and he was sharing a story of struggle and at the end stated, “At least I’m not dead.” I was blown away in the moment of truth in that statement. Truly, we ALWAYS have something to be grateful for in our lives. Yes, I know that bad things can happen and I am not denying that at times in our lives it can become almost impossible to find things which we can be thankful of. However, despite those thoughts, the truth is that each and every one of us can find things to hold onto in our lives.ARTArticleResilience and Adult ADD/ADHDHave you ever read the story, The Little Engine That Could? A heavy train needed to be pulled over a tall mountain. The big engines refused to take on the job, but the little engine decided to take on the challenge. Why did the little engine take on such a huge job? In her own words, "I think I can, I think I can."ARTArticleSelf observation and awareness-the path to a more stress free lifeWe all know what it's like to have that internal dialogue going on inside our minds. For some of us it's there so often that we forget it's even happening. And it's worth noting that for most of the time this dialogue is focussed on something related to the past or the future.ARTArticleSelf-Centered & Demanding - When It's All About MeTo be demanding isn’t all bad, but there are many ways in which it can be unloving. It is one thing to be persistent in asking or requiring something, but excessively demanding one’s own way regardless of others’ rights or how they are treated indicates self-centeredness. Overly demanding people are not conce ed with what others want because they are mostly conce ed with themselves. And they can be very insensitive and uncaring when it comes to getting what they want. Demanding people are often forceful in trying to get their way.ARTArticleSelf-Esteem: How it Affects Our RelationshipsThere is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. ~Nathaniel Branden You may have heard it said that you can not love others if you do not love yourself. Having self-love means you care about and like yourself in a healthy and balanced way. It means you have self-respect and believe you are worthy of love.ARTArticleSpring Cleaning for Your Mind: Five tips to declutter your thoughts and reach true happinessCleaning out the cobwebs, dust-balls, and poorly fitting beliefs is not always easy. But it is a liberating process and the work of a lifetime. As we lighten our load we feel enlivened and amazingly fresh and free, leaving us wondering why we didn’t do this a long time ago. Imagine this undertaking like spring-cleaning.ARTArticleStart Jou aling and Improve Your LifeAre you interested in making your life better in ways that you cannot imagine? You can do that. You don't need a self-help book, and you don't need hours of therapy (not that there's anything wrong with either of these). All you need is five dollars to invest in a notebook and a set of pens, and a personal commitment to spend a fixed amount of time writing in your new journal.

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