Are You Paralyzed by the Pressure to Be Perfect?
You are worthy of love, whether you write the perfect essay, win the competition, enter the elite school,... or if you don’t achieve these things.
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Paula Prober
You Can’t Show How Smart You Are to Anyone, Not Even to Yourself.
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you a rocket scientist?... You have high standards for yourself. Others are impressed with your accomplishments, you aren’t.
Are You Too Smart for Failure?
You will learn much more from failure than you'll ever learn from success. Your children will thank you. Your partner will thank you.
When Your Mind Travels at Warp Speed: Tips for Intense, Deep, Sensitive Thinkers.
You may have been told that you’re too intense. I hope more humans are being born who think a lot, feel a lot, know a lot, question a lot, and care a lot.
Surviving the Hectic Harrowing Holiday Hoopla.
Move your body in ways that work for you. This can include exercise. It's not a great idea to spend the holiday season curled up under blankets eating pie.
Advice for Smart, Sensitive Souls.
If you set healthy boundaries, banish the toxic people, and soothe that smart sensitive soul of yours, everyone will benefit.
Do You Feel like Not Enough and Too Much at the Same Time? You May Have a Rainforest Mind.
If you can realize that your too-much-ness is a result of a deeply sensitive, capable and unique soulfulness, you might then be able to find your voice and your purpose in this wild world, instead of misinterpreting your anxiety or depression or loneliness to mean that you’re a slacker, a ...
Dancing the Tango with Your Despair.
Granted, if you’re like me, you’ll need to tango into your psychotherapist’s office at some point. If your despair began in childhood, you’ll want some instruction.
If I’m So Smart, Why Do I Need Psychotherapy?
Well, you’re stopping the legacy of dysfunction in your family line that has been handed down through generations. The dysfunction stops with you.
Single, Childfree, Petless and Loved.
We had nine sweet years together. Remodeled a house. Healed some of each others’ old wounds. But the relationship ended when it became very clear that hiking in the wilderness, sleeping with spiders and living without my laptop would never be my favorite thing.