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Friendship; essential for happiness

I went to visit an old friend recently who had “dropped off my radar”; she was not answering her phone and was not replying to her emails. And since I did not live near her anymore, I reluctantly accepted that I would have to wait for her to make contact again.  When I did finally [...]

Emotional and Physical Pain ( managing pain before it manages you)

Some years ago I slipped on the last patch of ice from winter, and fractured my wrist. I was surprised at how emotionally upsetting that experience was. I observed how my whole body reacted to that one limb being injured. It was not a bad break, no surgery needed, but my mood was pretty low [...]

Calling yourself Lazy? how depression, anxiety and burnout affect motivation

It’s amazing how many clients have told me that they fear they are hopelessly lazy. I actually have met very few people who I would consider intrinsically lazy. It seems time to unpack the stories around this judgment, usually made only by folks themselves! As usual, I like to start with a standard definition; from [...]

Big and small outlooks on COVID-19; how to protect your mental health

So here we are in Colorado in Phase 2, eleven weeks into the COVID-19 Pandemic. How are you all doing? Everyone I talk to seems to have a somewhat different experience of managing their lives and their mental health these days. Some issues are pretty universal from what I can see; as human beings we [...]