Defining Moments, By: Dr. Dorothea McArthur – Book Review By Nicole Sorkin Author, Dorothea S. McArthur, PhD, has 34 years of training and practice as a clinical psychologist. She has also trained other graduate students to become psychologists. In her book, Defining Moments she draws from this experience, her training and case studies to create a dynamic resource […]
The Five R’s – A Negative Thought Stopping Procedure by: Dr Jacques Dallaire Rule #2 of the ‘Seven Rules of the Mental Road’ states: “You can’t NOT think about what’s on your mind”. In fact, the harder you try to ‘not think about’ something that is negative, the more powerful and entrenched in your
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Family Dinners by: Anthony Valentine The dinner table can be one of the best places to bring your family together. Eating a nice home cooked meal with your whole family is a wonderful experience, and can bring great discussion, or humor to everyone attending. My family has a wonderful pasta dinner every Sunday night. My
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by: Kim McGinnis First we are pushed out from our mother’s womb, then we are passed around from person to person like a hot potato. Next we are subjected to going to some strange place with other strange youngsters, while Mommy and Daddy go off to work. It just gets scarier after that. So, after
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How To Develop Your Critical Thinking Skills By Steve Gillman What are critical thinking skills? They are the habits of thought that you cultivate for better decisions on what to believe and what to do. Critical thought is not about being able to argue well. That kind of thinking can be a trap. Unfortunately, some
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Life Change Lessons – Do You Know About The Food You Eat? by: Alexandra Delis Abrams Food, Inc. is a documentary that will cause you to look more deeply at how the food you eat is produced. DO NOT MISS IT. Robert Kenner did a spectacular job in bringing to the screen a brilliant and appalling
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How to Starve to Death While Eating 3000 Calories a Day By Kelly McPherson Can a body really starve to death while eating 3000 calories a day? Absolutely! The death just comes in different forms than it does when someone isn’t getting enough calories. It comes in the form of heart attacks, obesity, diabetes, strokes
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Why Don’t You Speak Up For Yourself? by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. My counseling clients often complain to me about interactions they had with a partner, friend, parents or co-worker. When I asked the question, “Why didn’t you speak up for yourself?” here are the most common answers I receive: “I want to keep the peace.”
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