
Talking to Yourself: Mental Health’s Best Tool
Whoever said talking to yourself was a sign of insanity sold us a bill of goods! In Tim Keller’s book, Walking With God Through Pain

Whoever said talking to yourself was a sign of insanity sold us a bill of goods! In Tim Keller’s book, Walking With God Through Pain

Do you know that research indicates that thinking more concretely can halve levels of depression? This research suggests that the way our inner voice talks

I visited my college roommate, Susie, last weekend and we gave her back deck a makeover. This space went from a plastic, dog-chewed wasteland to

I’ve been getting angry about how much rumination sucks the life out of people. It goes something like this; a thought or question pops into

I remember the first time I really considered that I might be smart. I was sitting in a small discussion section of my literature class,

Did anyone else see this list of regrets on BuzzFeed? I liked it. It made me think about myself and my work. I’m not sure

I have a group of friends who meet together every other week to engage in spiritual learning and to listen deeply to each other’s life

I grew up in Alabama and moved to a DC suburb in Northern Virginia the summer before my sophomore year. I got ready for school

There’s always talk of resolutions and self-improvement this time of year. I’ve got my own list in the making. But I made the mistake of

All of us have some type of inner chatter that we’ve learned to listen to and usually we take it very seriously. A fortunate few

I’ve been a fan of Jonathan Haidt’s work for some

I’ve been following Alysa Liu since her inspired gold medal

I know it’s strange, but I like going to the

This picture was the glorious end (at Machu Picchu) to an incredible journey of hiking the Inca Trail. It was 3 days of hiking 26

So… we are experiencing a wild ride here 15 days into Trump’s presidency. No matter where you may land on the politics of it all,

So, it’s election week. Is anyone out there feeling anxious? Hopeless? Afraid? We are all challenged to hold steady in such frayed and tumultuous days

My client, I’ll call her Tina, was near tears telling me how upset she was about the situation in Israel. “It’s like I cannot stop

My little booklings are finding their ways to their new mamas and papas! And it is a bit unnerving! As Restore My Soul journeys out

Research shows that happier, more content people are less caught up in their thoughts and more focused on the present moment. The bottom line? Worry

Last week I got some news that really let loose a stress reaction in me. The news wasn’t life or death, but it represented an

I CAN’T HANDLE IT!! How much do you say this? How often do you hear it? Truth is, a lot of times when I say

“Hell is an endless, hopeless conversation with oneself” ~Dante’s description of rumination (in a biography of Churchill) People who do this know exactly why Dante

This morning the most forwarded NY Times article was about meditation and sleep problems. It seems that people are catching on—SLEEP IS IMPORTANT!!! For anyone

I’ve been a fan of Jonathan Haidt’s work for some

I’ve been following Alysa Liu since her inspired gold medal

I know it’s strange, but I like going to the