If we want to move beyond fear we will need help. Help comes in a variety of ways. Robert Maurer, PHD, author of Mastering Fear: Harnessing Emotion to Achieve Excellence in Work, Health, and Relationships, describes the types of support we might need using the acronym INSPIRE. I – Instruction: [...]read more

We often think we have a epidemic of stress. Clients consistently tell me how stressed they are. And not just clients: friends, family, my kids, my husband. I experience it too. There is a lot of stress out there. But according to Robert Maurer author of Mastering Fear: Harnessing Emotion [...]read more

James Doty was a poor child in the high desert of California. Father was an alcoholic. Mother was depressed and disabled. According to Doty, he was on a road to nowhere as a child. When he was 12 years old he walked into a magic shop looking for a plastic [...]read more

It is normal that we don’t want to experience pain: some of us plan everything in minute detail to avoid surprises that we don’t like some use fantasy to fulfill a longing so we avoid what feels too risky to figure out in real life some of us don’t have [...]read more

We survived the deepest snow in the history of Baltimore. At least the deepest on record. I’m worn out. Shoveling, digging out cars, being out in the cold, all leave me tired but contented. Ever since the first reports that this snowstorm was on it’s way, I’ve tried to pay [...]read more