Last Sunday, my spouse and I decided to go for a late afternoon walk in the park. It was our lazy way out of doing a 3 mile run. Instead,
Very cute video. As I was on my treadmill, struggling with running after not having run for several days, I heard this song on the radio. It struck me that
Sometimes our thinking can get in the way of progress. We complicate things beyond recognition and become immobilized. The concept of ‘doing the next right thing’ is a way of
Overgeneralization is a type of cognitive distortion where an individual generalizes a negative view based on one, or limited, experience. In this song, Billy Joel is singing to someone who has
One thing to look at when thinking about unremitting problems is what is the secondary gain from staying stuck? Just as an alcoholic who gets sober suddenly finds themselves with a
Thanksgiving is long gone right now, but it’s a good a time as any to discuss this ‘syndrome’. Basically, Thanksgiving Syndrome is the idea that no matter how enlightened you’ve become or
The therapist only knows what you tell them. Sure, if the therapist has experience, they could probably surmise some things that you may not have spoken about yet, and hopefully,
If you are contemplating going into therapy for the first time, chances are you are not in a good place in your life; and chances are that you are worried
I see this song as sung by the singer’s inner child to the singer. In Pink’s Family Portrait, the child is her as they are dressed in the same clothes and even have