As a Clinical Psychologist, a major area of focus during the initial interview with a new patient is that of sleep…quality, quantity, & changes over time. Good sleep is a prerequisite for mental wellness, physical health, & harmonious relationships. Discovery and correction of sleep problems can be immensely helpful in helping someone feel better quickly.  [...]

During the last several years, it’s become more and more difficult to read the daily news without running across a front page article with some alarming story about depression. Here are just a few of these headlines I’ve found: “Too Much TV Leads to Depression” “The Link Between Diet & Depression” “Can Allergies Lead To [...]

Every one of us goes through times of distress in our lives, where we experience the highs and lows, anxiety, and prolonged stress. This stress can definitely have a negative impact on your health and cause other major problems. Stress that has been developing for a long time can cause your health to rapidly deteriorate [...]

Having trouble getting a thought or a song out of your head?  Losing sleep over a comment you made to a person at work?  Feeling like you just have to get the house clean so you can feel better?  Can’t stand it when your veggies on the dinner plate touch each other?  Have you ever [...]

“They believed their good luck would never end.” They are turning 50 – “midlife” – and are shocked to discover that there are limits to life’s possibilities.  They are the Baby Boomers. The Baby Boomers represent the largest generation in U.S. history, accounting for almost 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964.  They have [...]

Scientists have studied the effect of color on our mood, health and way of thinking for many years. Our preference of one color over another may have something to do with the way color makes us feel. Light is absorbed by the eye and converted into another form of energy, which enables us to see [...]

“Curing The Clutter Epidemic: Why Americans Have So Much Stuff, And How We Can Learn To Hold On To What Really Matters” By: Kathleen Parrish Published in July/August 2010 edition of  “The Saturday Evening Post” We live in a world of things, of junk, of stuff.  This fact was brought home to me – literally [...]

How many times have you taken a book or two with you on a trip, only to return home with them still unread?  We are all horrible at calculating free time.  We start off with high expectations only to become disappointed when confronted by reality. Each week we have the gift of 168 hours…no more, [...]

There’s a feeling of inevitability in writing about McDonald’s latest offering, their “bowl full of wholesome” — also known as oatmeal. The leading fast-food multinational, with sales over $16.5 billion a year, represents a great deal of what is wrong with American food today. From a marketing perspective, they can do almost nothing wrong; from [...]

“Since we each paint our own perception of reality, we must be careful in selecting the colors we use from the palette.” Much has been written about the idea that everything we experience in life is merely a perception of reality…or, more specifically, it is our OWN perception of reality. For example, if you and [...]