Tag: dealing with illness
Psychology – Grateful to be Breathing!
As a psychologist, I am acutely aware of the benefits of gratitude on the mind and spirit. Living in gratitude shifts our focus from the negative to the positive so that we can feel happier, more fulfilled and more abundant. As a human being, I am aware that it can be difficult to stay in [...]
Parenting – Monsters in the Dark
When I was a young girl I remember feeling my heart pounding in my chest as I lay in my bed, wide-eyed in the dark, waiting for the monster hiding in my closet to jump out and devour me. I held my breath thinking that if I were very still the monster wouldn’t know I [...]
Parenting – Finding a Life Line
I imagine that many people experience moments in their lives that become polarized in their memories. Perhaps it was a conversation that you had with a complete stranger, a sunset or a glance from someone across the room. I experienced one such polarizing moment in a small examination room at Stony Brook Hospital. “The result [...]
