Are you curious about mindfulness? In the summer of 2019, I conducted my first "Mindfulness for Everyone Workshop" from a program that has been adapted for every cognitive level so that anyone can benefit from the practice. I just started offering this workshop subsequ...

How aware are you of what you are feeling? Are you angry, sad, lonely, feeling guilty? My 3-A Coping Approach: Acknowledge, Assess, Assist sets the framework to help you self monitor with self awareness, empowering you to cope through adversity and loss.  You assi...

We age from the time we are born. We do not have to look much further than within our own families to see that this is true. We can observe the changes as our grandparents and parents get older. We witness our children's stages of growth. From infancy, they become todd...

      Eleanor Silverberg has written a very practical guide that fills a gap in the area

      of mindfulness – a practice that has become very popular in recent years.

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Finding meaning in life is a cure for depression and other ills.  This is the claim made by Neel Burton M.D. in his article Man's Search for Meaning where he reiterates Viktor Frankl's message of hope: 

     Even in the most absurd, painful, and dispiriting of...

Do you ever get into a stupor where you are so overwhelmed you do not know what to do first? Perhaps you are feeling this way now. Prioritizing is an empowering go-to strategy to assist you in sorting out the “mess” and prevent you from becoming immobilized. You can p...

Not all caregivers are over 65 years old. Actually there are many who are younger - as young as 15 years old. I cannot think of a better way to #acknowledgeassessassist in helping younger caregivers than to have you obtain tips straight from a younger caregiver.

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Are you struggling through this holiday season? Have situations such as job loss, marital breakup, illness or death in the family robbed you of your ability to celebrate? Or is there another reason?

Following is an #AcknowledgeAssessAssist list of things you can do to...

When life is going well and circumstances are stable, you can face everything. But, when  circumstances are not stable due to a family member's death or other loss experience, it can be difficult to face - to cope with what is going on. It is beneficial for you to have...

"I don't know what to say". You may want to console a close family member, friend or neighbor when you see them soon after experiencing a significant loss but you may be at a loss for words. This is definitely not unusual acknowledging that we live in a culture that ha...