Managing an alcohol problem with meaning
One of my patients, a recently married, talented music producer, has been troubled for some time by his daily alcohol intake of often more than a bottle of wine a Continue Reading →
It’s scary, but what does that have to do with whether I do it or not?
I shared this thought, one of my ‘rememberings’, with one of my highly insightful, surprisingly enlightened, young patients. She said how as a young child she had journalled: ‘God doesn’t Continue Reading →
Variety is the spice of life and of a healthy weight for kids!
In resarching the kids book on healthy eating habits that my wife and I are writing, I have come across some fascinating research. For example, Dr Brian Wansink’s research found Continue Reading →
The 72% power of the parent’s purse strings – The Ruler of Family Food Land
The greatest determinant of what children (and partners) eat is simply what is in the house to eat, to make for lunches or what they are given money to buy. Continue Reading →
It’s all about taking risks – ‘Only the person who risks is truly free’
Thanks to one of my patients, let’s call him Joseph, who forwarded me these wonderful words on the importance of taking risks in life – so central to the purpose Continue Reading →
Partners with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This is a great article by Dr Frank Ochberg, written for the partners of sufferers, that also nicely overviews PTSD (for both the person with it, their partner and anyone Continue Reading →
How ‘follow your bliss’ really works
People often wonder how following one’s bliss will actually take you forward and bring you those three elusive things. The full quote around Jospeh Campbell’s advice to ‘follow your bliss’, Continue Reading →
What is EMDR? Some Handouts
Eye Movement Desesensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) is now considered, by most authoritative organisations around the world, to be one of only two or three treatments that are effective in treating Continue Reading →
Pursuing a meaningful purpose in life is scary – where to start?
When I talk about Pursuing a Meaningful Purpose in life (PAMPering ourselves) most people’s eye’s glaze over and they say words along the lines of ‘But I have no idea Continue Reading →
Motivation to start to lose weight is different from the motivation to keep it off
I have just read a fascinating article by Rothman* looking at how we have a very different kind of motivation for starting to lose weight compared to keeping it off. Continue Reading →