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It’s Super Bowl week! Are you ready to decide on your favorite ad? Oh, and there is the food! Lots of food! Super bowl can mean super calories. Ok, so we eat more snacks during this one game. How bad can it be? Can’t I just go to the gym a few times and undo…

If you are stuck in analysis paralysis, it might be because you are engaged in overthinking. Sarah is a good example. When a new job presented, she weighed the pros and cons of leaving her current job and took the promotion. After she made the decision, she continued to ruminate on the decision, “Did I…

Inexplicable….a word we use when we can’t really account for something. It’s the name of a new documentary series that will encourage you in your faith. How did Christianity spread to the ends of the earth from a small band of disciples told to go into the world? Here’s what executive producer, Dr. Norm Mintle,…

As we celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, some of you may not know that he suffered with depression. According to a Time Magazine article back in the 1960s, Dr. King attempted suicide before the age of 13 when his grandmother was ill and again after her death. During…

Is it time for a change? Maybe you want to lose those 10 pounds, quit smoking, limit social media, come home from work on time, etc. We all have something we want to change and need that extra push to do it. But change is not that easy. Often what happens is that we start…

What makes a person a “success” at work? Consider the person who seems to get promotions, is likeable and appears to have it all together. What makes that person stand out? To answer this, I looked at the psychological research on workplace success. MacRae and Furnham at the University College of London identified six traits…

I often get this question: If I stop my antidepressant, will I experience withdrawal? While the answer may surprise you, it doesn’t mean you are addicted to your medication. Antidepressants don’t create addictive like behavior such as craving, lack of control to gain the substance or negative consequences. If you have been on an antidepressant for…

A few years ago, I had the privilege to meet with a church book club that chose my book, Letting Go of Worry, as their reading selection. I made a brief presentation and then opened the floor for questions and comments. It was obvious. People had worry. In some cases, worry had become debilitating. It…

Worry is something we all do now and then. But anxiety goes beyond worry. Anxiety as a feeling is different than anxiety as a disorder. You can feel anxious and not have an anxiety disorder. Clinical anxiety is that uneasy feeling, apprehension, a feeling of danger, doom or misfortune. Clinically speaking it a response to…

If you are like me, your consumption of dark chocolate probably increased dramatically during this past holiday season. All those stacked boxes of goodies were hard to resist. Maybe now you are thinking, “Ok, enough with the sweets! Time to get back to healthy eating again.” But what if I told you that dark chocolate…
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