Author Archives: Jonathan

As western medicine moves towards a deeper understanding of the body/mind connection, the psychological community is also understanding more the impact of lifestyle factors on our sense of well being. In psychotherapy communities, these are referred to as therapeutic life … Continue reading →

Great blog post sent to me by a friend recently on that feeling of emptiness within. Another example on trusting and working directly even with our most painful symptoms.

Anxiety results from this sense of groundlessness, so it’s important to ground ourselves during times of anxiety – like when you’re in between jobs or looking for a new one. Here are some suggestions on how to do that: • … Continue reading →

Great article in Slate about anxiety here in the US (the most anxious country in the world, as it turns out: “people in developing-world countries such as Nigeria are up to five times less likely to show clinically significant anxiety … Continue reading →

It’s official: mindfulness practice is effective at preventing episodes of depression. For those who choose not to use anti-depressant medication to prevent a relapse into depression, mindfulness practice (meditation) offers a viable alternative. This isn’t all that surprising. Meditation on … Continue reading →

In last week’s Washington Post, there’s an important article about job satisfaction in the federal government.   What makes for job satisfaction?  According to the article, “the primary factor in job satisfaction…remains effective leadership from senior agency bosses.” Effective leadership provides … Continue reading →

A friend posted this video on her Facebook page and I really liked it.  Being alone is so hard – hard when you’re young and trying to figure out the whole relationship thing, hard when you’ve just been dumped because … Continue reading →

The cute guy you met Saturday night calls and cancels the date you had set up for the following Saturday. Sighing, you think to yourself “I will never have a boyfriend.” The promotion your boss told you that you were … Continue reading →

It is one of those paradoxes in life that a key ingredient for change is acceptance.  This can be somewhat frightening: why should we want to accept our depression, our anxiety, our bad relationship, our boring job?  Indeed, the reason … Continue reading →