I injured myself on New Year’s Eve, 2019. Completely sober, I broke some metatarsals in my foot. At my first doctor’s appointment, I was told the healing could take up to three months, due to my age. “My age?” I thought. Had I reached the age when doctors say “due to...
Maladaptive is such a succinct word, and yet we are so creative in finding numerous ways to be maladaptive. "Mal," if you remember as little as I do from high school French, you know it means bad. It also includes adaptive. It means the bad ways in which we adapt, and...
A therapist told me a story that happened when she was in training on the Isle of Man. A female patient was complaining to the doctor about her thoughts. “How can I stop these terrible thoughts? Please give me something to make them stop.” The doctor explained that...
I heard if you approach a child who is multi-lingual, he will inherently know which language to speak to you. Apparently, we each have a part of our brain that can make these lightning quick decisions and be accurate. I have been relying on this part of my brain...
