Our familiarity with the quote, “Beware the Ides of March,” comes from the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar. In the play, the soothsayer warns Caesar of his assassination that will take place on the Ides of March (March 15). True to the warning, Caesar’s is stabbed by his friend Brutus who has joined the conspiracy against…

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDA). I spent most of my clinical practice treating women and men with eating disorders so am very familiar with the struggles involved in getting help. It is a hard psychiatric condition from which to break free. And the impact on a person’s physical, emotional, relational and…

We all know someone who has struggled with depression. Or maybe that is you!  No matter. Everyone needs help now and then. Because  I often get asked, how do I help someone who is depressed, here are 10 ways to help a friend who is depressed. Don’t be afraid to talk about how the person…

For years, my husband was the executive producer of a national Christian television show. The network hosted well-known television personalities, mostly ministers of large churches and organizations and Christian “celebrities.” He used to tell me how the talent, the guests, behaved in the Green Room before they walked on to the television set. The Green…

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