Self-Advocacy and Physical Health

Self-Advocacy and Physical Health

Patience Is Hard I’ll admit, I’m not the most patient person in the world.  In fact, the idea of waiting on others when I could do it faster myself has certainly been something I’ve rumbled with over the years.  When it came to my physical health, the formula used to...
Anxiety and the Disillusioned Graduate

Anxiety and the Disillusioned Graduate

Making The Right Decision Today’s young adults are feeling the pressure to really choose wisely when picking a major for their future career.  I’ve been seeing more and more young adults afraid of picking the right major and fearful that if they pick the wrong one,...
Hot Off The Press

Hot Off The Press

Emotional Intelligence One thing I’ve learned over 25 years in this field is that our emotional capabilities and abilities to recognize, name, and feel our emotions is something most of us lack.  In fact, whether I’m sitting across from a teen or a 50 something year...
Live Like You Were Dying

Live Like You Were Dying

Why I Wanted My Van My husband is much more fiscally conservative and is the kind of man who would like to save and wait for retirement.  Yet I lived in the medical world for 20 years and watched countless individuals wait and wait until they finally retired to start...