Over the past half-century, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has emerged as the most widely used approach to psychotherapy. There are a few variations of it – with each tracing its lineage to a practitioner who was likely influenced by Albert Ellis or Aaron Beck – or both. The big reasons for its popularity include the…
When I get together with friends, I often find that one of the conclusions that we’ve arrived at independently is how much better our lives are when we don’t watch too much news. Don’t get me wrong. Being uninformed or ignorant is no badge of honor. At one time, I considered myself a bit of…
As I write this blog, terrible wars are going on in Ukraine and the Middle East, virtually every country has enemies that with whom they have no diplomatic relations, politics are more polarized than ever, and even the party that has the majority in the House of Representatives hasn’t been able to agree on a…
Being social is part of being human, and it’s nice to have a good set of friends, co-workers, and family members with whom you regularly relate. Holding a special place among those relationships are the groups of individuals who make up your support system – that network of people whom you can rely upon for…
Some of us use backpacks as an efficient way to carry a number of objects in a manner that distributes weight without unduly stressing your arms and shoulders. Obviously, even a backpack can be uncomfortable if too much weight is packed into it. Unless you are doing rucking as a form of exercise where you…
Do you find that some of your friendships “feel” more right than others? Do you feel like you are being used – or maybe you are the user? Do either you or your partner have to be more flexible or tolerant than the other for the relationship to continue? No relationship goes smoothly all the…
We all have experienced it. There comes a time when there is a break of several days in our schedule – either because of vacation, illness, a family emergency, a conference, or an intense project at work. Whatever it is, it has the effect of derailing us from our normal routine. During that time, even…
There was a time when I used to pride myself in how little sleep I needed. I would brag that: (1) I didn’t need as much sleep as other people because I knew how to sleep fast; (2) Not needing much sleep enabled me to not miss as much of life as someone who required…
Regardless of where you went to school, and whether you liked it or not, there is a high probability that you share some experiences with most other adults – such as the memory of being told to stay within the lines when you draw, and the fact that there was a right and wrong way…
Whenever you were born, there is a name for your generation. There’s “The Greatest Generation,” “Baby Boomers,” “Gen X,” “Gen Z,” “Millennials,” etc. The name is kind of a shorthand used to describe the generation – as if all members of a particular generation have a uniform set of behaviors and attitudes. Those of us…
You’ve undoubtedly heard the expression that “the one constant in this world is change”. In his theory of the survival of the fittest, Charles Darwin stated that it’s not the strongest or most intelligent of the species that survives, it is the one that is most adaptable to change. For example, we don’t see dinosaurs…