By: Suzanne Maiden, M.A., LPC I was channel surfing this Sunday morning while drinking coffee and munching on Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal. I stopped at a channel to watch Joel Osteen preach. I confess, he fascinates me. His ministry is gargantuan. I don’t know much more about him than what wikipedia reports. You know, he is a Texan […]
Behaviors
Inception: Dream Movie
By: Suzanne Maiden, M.A., LPC I recently saw Leonardo diCaprio’s latest movie, Inception. Although this movie does not feed the audience the plot, e.g., you really have to pay attention, it was worth the energy. Whoever wrote the screen play knows a thing or two about dreams. Someone did their homework. As a practicing psychotherapist, I encourage patients to share […]
Relationships Are Like Bank Accounts
Relationships are like bank accounts. Like bank accounts, in relationships you make deposits, withdrawals, and check your balance. Friends and lovers and couples would be healthier if they applied this principle to their relationships. It’s not hard. It’s like banking. Sometimes money goes in, and sometimes it goes out, and sometimes things are just status quo, you […]
Cutting Comes To Mainstream Media!
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy By: Suzanne Maiden, M.A. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Today Show with Dr. Nancy Snyderman and the Editor in Chief, Ann Shoket, of Seventeen Magazine, discuss cutting behaviors in young women. ‘Cutting’ is the layperson word for Self -Injurious Behaviors […]
Laughing at Others
I guess we’ve each done it at different times. We laugh at someone verses with them. This seems to happen more in group settings than individual because groups often give us psychological insulation – we feel protected within the parameters of the group. We may say or do things we would not engage in as an individual. In […]
External Search for Soul
By: Suzanne Maiden We’re all seekers. We quest for meaning and purpose. We want to know, at the deepest level, that life and Soul are synonymous. We want purposeful lives profound with meaning. But Good God! The task most oftentimes seems insurmountably impossible. So we bumble our way, walking down various paths never knowing, actually guessing, if […]