Last month I wrote about the rewards of dwelling in silence. That virtue does not suggest that your voice be silenced. Your opinions deserve to be heard and your needs expressed and met. But it is not enough to simply …
Speak out. And take responsibility for being heard Read more »
A rare commodity of our political climate today is quietude. And because it is a rarity, the silence is worth a great deal. The noise, literal and figurative, that surrounds us, is relentless. Day in and day out we hustle …
Silence isn’t empty; there are answers in the stillness Read more »
This coronavirus pandemic is a once in a lifetime event. After five months of sheltering in place and social distancing it’s no wonder we wake up on occasion feeling as if the world has come to the end. We’re cowering …
My husband, Howard, posts a weekly Op Ed in the ChicagoNow Blog. Perhaps, being married to a therapist, his sub-conscious took over when he wrote this stylistic piece about our country’s response to the George Floyd tragedy. I’m sure he …
Integrity versus despair is the last stage of Eric Erikson’s theory of development. If one is fully matured, he posits, the result is wisdom, a sense of our integrated identity. Conversely, lacking a sense of being fully realized, the residual …
“Integrity versus Despair” while sheltered in place Read more »
“All tours to Asia have been cancelled until January 2021” read the email. It was a stunning disappointment: our trip had been planned for months. The vacations I schedule are intended to restore my energies, reinvigorate my enthusiasm for what …
We are reeling from the impact of COVID-19, confined to our homes, compelled to obey restrictive rules from a catalog of authorities. Fear is the undercurrent of our every activity. We are victims of circumstances beyond our control. Where is …
I ask myself the same essential question that my clients pose in my office every day without exception. How do I find happiness and live a normal, decent life in the face of the personal trials all families encounter? My …
The romantic myth of Valentine’s Day would have you believe that your love is delivered in a box of chocolates or bouquet of flowers. If only it were that easy. Lasting love is built on a foundation of trust and …
Love is more than a romantic kiss on a moonlit night Read more »
There is no escaping some degree of adversity in our lives. We will encounter it simply by living: a heart-breaking relationship, an illness, a natural disaster, a work related disappointment – sooner or later, in one form or another, we’ll …
You made it through the ups and downs of another year. Now 2020 lies ahead. Read more »