Are you obsessively looking at your phone every two minutes? Checking your texts and missed calls? Reviewing the length of his/her texts versus yours and evaluating time lapses between responses to uncover […]

Why do I work so hard but can’t ever seem to see any changes?  I was asked this the other day. It’s a question I’m frequently asked by those frustrated by their […]

In a world where we women are finally able to provide for ourselves and our children, have a voice in our governance, and choose our purpose and direction in life, California (one […]

While we expect ourselves to be consistently happy, the reality of cultivating happiness is a skill one must acquire throughout life experience. Happiness is not a given, and by no means is […]

As the holidays are upon us, all is quiet like never before. No overpriced trips in decorated hotels, no frosted Disneyland for some Christmas cheer, no drunk relatives from out of state, […]

You made it. You are now in the final month of 2020. A year you probably hope you’ll forget, but never will.  If life were a video game, you’ve come to the […]

Having worked in a private practice setting with recovering addicts for 15 years, I have come to realize that our societal relationship to addiction is often flawed, which is why addiction is […]

In my relatively short life, I can honestly say 2020 has been the most difficult year for many of us. The more people I talk to, it seems everyone pretty much agrees […]

A while back, I saw a post that I thought was fake because of how unbelievable it was. It was a picture of actor Kumail Nanjiani, the nerdy actor/comedian from Silicon Valley. […]

At birth, our brains come equipped with approximately 100 billion neurons (brain cells), ready to be utilized and wired into a complex network of neural connections. Only half of these nerve cells […]