SelfWork YGTG (You Get the Gist): Why Exactly Did I Write A Book?

Feb 10, 2021

Writing a book is the hardest and most labor-intensive task I’ve ever accomplished. And sometimes, while I was deep in the throws of its creation, I would wonder why I was doing it, even though I was so passionate about its message. What did I really hope would...

217 SelfWork: When Brothers and Sisters Abuse One Another

Feb 5, 2021

Trigger Warning: If you choose to listen to this episode on sibling sexual abuse, please keep your own self-care in mind. I’ll have international sexual abuse hotline numbers in the show notes: But the US hotline is  1-800-656-4673. Sibling sexual abuse is a complex...

SelfWork: You Get the Gist… Kudos to Athletes Challenging Stigma

Sep 20, 2020

Today I’m starting some segments that will feature what’s going on in the news about mental health. I’ll touch on my thoughts and responses – So you’ll get the gist. Less than five minutes and hopefully packed with information. Today’s You Get the Gist is about...

173 SelfWork: What’s New with Perfectly Hidden Depression?

Mar 27, 2020

Just because I’ve written a book about perfectly hidden depression (PHD)  doesn’t mean that I’m through with learning about it. With each person that I’ve heard from, or has joined my practice because of my writing about PHD, or from the podcast hosts that have been...

The Gratitude Checklist

Nov 22, 2014

I can remember my prayer as a child before going to bed. “Bless Mommy and Daddy, Adam and Spencer and everybody else in the whole wide world.” Sometimes I wanted to leave my brothers out. Like after the night they pulled me out of bed. Forced my eyes open...

“Autism Breakthrough” by Raun Kaufman: A Review

Jul 12, 2014

Many of us never hear these words. “Your child has autism”. That must be a very complicated, lonely feeling. By now, most people know what autism disorders are.  “These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social...