Tough love, an oxymoron?
Resilience. We all want our children to have it. But it doesn't come with birth. It doesn't come with harsh talk or hard times or sucking it up or stuffing it all down. It doesn't get downloaded or...
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The power of presence: why is it so important to be “here now”?
Look at these guys. Hanging from threads. Off a skyscraper. I don't know how they do it. I don't know who they are. I don't know what they're paid to do that. But I do know one thing for sure about...
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What are your top 5 strengths?
What are your strengths? If you had to choose 5 words to describe yourself, the qualities you feel you possess, either by nature, through intentional cultivation, or both, which would they be? There is...
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Resilience is cultivating a tender heart in a tough world
Resilience refers to the ability to recover from adversity with hope, self-compassion and opportunity for growth. If everyone had more resilience, we'd have less depression and anxiety, less self-harm,...
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We play, therefore we are.
I'm in Los Angeles at an exciting and unique conference. Play, Creativity and Mindfulness & Neuroscience in Psychotherapy That's my jam. All of it. The gamut. Consider what renowned play...
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Seen, Soothed, Secure, Safe = Self-regulation
I am speaking to a room of five hundred people recently and ask this question: "How many of you struggle with self-regulation?" I re-phrase it. "How many of you struggle with emotional self-control,...
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When you ask and they don’t respond, do you harden or soften?
"Let's go," I say to my boys, "It's time to leave now." I'm standing at the door with my keys in hand. I have not suddenly surprised them with a request to leave. We have an appointment. I let them...
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