“Please, clouds, don’t rain!” Not going to work, is it? And neither will trying to reassure someone who just can’t be reassured. They will go on fretting, no matter how you plead. Chronic insecurity in your relationship is a major problem. Why? Because relationships really, deeply matter. Your health, your wellbeing, your happiness affected by …

I Have a FREE E-Book for you  Are you a wallflower? Do you stand in the corner and watch other people have fun? Is life passing you by? Shyness or social anxiety is real and more common than you would think. 40 to 45 percent of all adults in America consider themselves “shy”.   Some of …

Image by bredgur via Flickr “That Sam-I-Am…I do not like that Sam-I-Am… I do not like Green Eggs and Ham…”  “Would you like them HERE or THERE?” {choices & persistence}  “I would not like them HERE or THERE, I would not like them anywhere!” {resistance}” “Would you like them in a House”… “Would you like …

Image via Wikipedia Anatomy of Illness written by Norman Cousins, is a book based on the true story of how this man treated his own painful illness. Cousins had a theory that there was more to the old saying, Laughter is the best medicine, than many people realize. In modern times society has come to …

Image by programwitch via Flickr      Remember the first time you saw your first-born child?  You might have been amazed at her eyes, or mesmerized by the perfection of his hands.  You might have dutifully recorded the first smile, the first laughs, the first steps, the first dance.  He or she became the most important …