Posted in brain and mind, communication, intimacy, women's issues on Jun 10th, 2011
As we become more and more technologically connected – to our smart phones, our computers, our IPods and IPads, our Kindle and our video games – are we becoming more disconnected from real life and real people? Or is technology facilitating and enriching human relationships?
I don’t think there is a simple yes/no answer, as technology [...]
Posted in brain and mind, middle age, women's issues on Jun 1st, 2011
Having a purpose is an important driving force in selecting what we want to do and how to do it. When we work, whether we are professionals, have a trade or are stay-home parents, we like to feel that our contribution makes a difference. Perhaps we help people in need, or raise organic vegetables in [...]
Posted in brain and mind, stress management, women's issues on May 20th, 2011
As the first segment of the baby boomers generation is quickly approaching retirement age, issues about what constitutes a healthy retirement come to the fore.
Gone seem to be the times when people retired and stayed home, played bingo, and gradually reduced their activities as their physical conditions deteriorated and their energy waned. Up until as [...]
Posted in love relationship, women's issues on May 3rd, 2011
At the same time as a lot of young women profess wanting to get married, there are other women who see marriage as a thing of the past. These women quote statistics that indicate that, while married men clearly benefit from their marital status – married men are happier, healthier and live longer than single [...]
Posted in love relationship, women's issues on Apr 25th, 2011
As we watch the current media mega hoopla about the upcoming wedding of Prince William of England and Kate Middleton, there doesn’t seem to be much of a difference between the current anticipation and excitement and what happened when Prince William’s parents – Charles and Diana – got married almost thirty years ago or, [...]
Posted in love relationship, women's issues on Apr 12th, 2011
The history of weddings celebrated during the month of June goes all the way back to early Roman times, well over two thousand years ago! The Romans celebrated a festival in honor of the deity Juno, wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage and childbirth, on June first. June also followed May, the month of [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship, women's issues on Jun 7th, 2010
Al and Tipper Gore’s recent announcement to get divorced has created a huge wave of confusion – “What happened? They seemed so happy” – bewilderment -“If they too divorce, who will survive?” - and fear – “If it happened to them, it could happen to me too.”
This last statement is actually the one that gets [...]
Posted in brain and mind, women's issues on Apr 22nd, 2010
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention informs us that about one third of all children in this country are overweight, and 17% are clinically obese – more than triple the rate from 1976. At the other end of the spectrum, rates about anorexia and bulimia, particularly among teenage girls but not exclusive to them, [...]
Posted in stress management, women's issues on Oct 11th, 2009
In the previous post of our discussion on women’s increasing unhappiness trends, we discussed how women’s anger gets neither acknowledged nor expressed, because we have internalized societal expectations of what our responsibilities are. When we cannot meet our/society’s expectations, therefore, we feel inadequate and unhappy rather than angry.
As a psychotherapist, I see this situation often [...]
Posted in stress management, women's issues on Oct 7th, 2009
In my clinical work with women, in individual psychotherapy and counseling, when we explore the areas of stress that make them overwhelmed and unhappy, the picture that often emerges is one of multiple – often conflicting – demands and expectations. These demands come from a society that still expects women to be the keepers of [...]
