A few days ago I had a patient who was trying to get her husband to eat more vegetables along with her, and even though he knew he needed to do it, he didn’t want to, and did I have any suggestions? And in my head, I said, “Tell him to be an adult, for [...]

On this trip back home, we spent most of our time with family – it was my sister’s birthday, as well as my mother’s 70th, and there were a lot of plans going on around those two dates. Additionally, we drove to two other states to visit Will’s dad and stepmom, and also his mom, [...]

I wasn’t always like this. What I usually did, when presented with some opportunity, was waffle, citing reasons like money, or being tired, or the inconvenience, or I’d “think about it”, and think about it so long that the opportunity would pass. But then when my friend Lori died, all of a sudden I got [...]

You know what makes me crazy? When people complain about the present they received, but didn’t give any guidance to what they wanted. What do they expect – mind-reading? I ditched that expectation of ESP very early on in my adult life – I noticed immediately how much more I enjoyed the holidays when I [...]