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June 30, 2017

Are you a human on a hamster wheel?

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  • Under : Journey of Discovery, Young Professionals

Whatever you do is never enough. So you stay busy. You fill up all your time.

When you do get a spare minute to yourself, you fill it with a scroll through Instagram or a Buzzfeed video or a “Which sandwich am I?” quiz. Maybe you fall asleep with Netflix on autoplay.

Being a human on a hamster wheel has its perks.

You’re always doing. You go for that extra degree, that extra assignment at work, that extra vacation.

You’re competent, you’re productive, you’re fun!

From the outside, all of this busyness looks like SUCCESS in bright marquee lights.

If this is working for you and you feel good, keep doing it!

But what if it doesn’t feel good?

What if you feel a painful gnawing inside when you slow down for even a second?

What if, despite all of this doing and filling, your middle still feels like a bottomless hungry pit?

Sometimes doing everything can be a way of trying to cope with whatever’s buried inside that pit—or missing from it.

What would happen if you were to get curious about the well inside you?

Looking at the deepest parts of yourself with curiosity rather than judgment builds insight, understanding, and self-compassion.

Making sense of what you find better informs the everyday choices you make.

Therapy can help you start seeking pleasure instead of just reflexively avoiding pain.

If this sounds like something you’re looking for, I’d love to hear from you.

Take care,


May 26, 2017

Positive Mind Radio Show: Millennials and the Antidote to Loneliness

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  • Under : Young Professionals

With so many connections at our fingertips–think Instagram, Facebook, Grindr, Tinder–why are young people feeling lonelier than ever?

I joined the The Positive Mind Radio Show again on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC to zero in on the biggest issue that comes up in my therapy sessions with young professionals: loneliness.

In this episode, we talk about how an expectation of perfection and a fear of vulnerability keep people from truly connecting. We also hear from callers about their experiences.

Listen below:

http://nuarchive.wbai.org/mp3/wbai_170411_130000pmind.mp3
If any of this sounds familiar and you’d like help, I invite you to reach out.

Take care,


April 28, 2017

We don’t like to see the icky parts of other people because they remind us of the icky parts of ourselves.

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  • Under : When Life Gets Messy, Young Professionals

Last week I read a Facebook post by an old high school classmate. She wrote about having one of the hardest days she could recall. I felt for her. I knew she wasn’t alone. “I know what that’s like,” I thought to myself. “I’ve had those days too. I’ll have them again. I’m here if you need me.”

But I scrolled right on through my newsfeed without commenting. I couldn’t even summon up a sad emoji for her.

A few seconds later I stopped scrolling and started thinking.

Earlier that day I was on a radio show where I talked about how millennials on social media often portray a pretty image consisting only of the parts of themselves that they aren’t ashamed of. Think of those pictures with your pedicured toes and the crystal clear Caribbean sea as a backdrop, you and a friend smiling beautifully on the fifth take, selfies with the my-life-is-perfect filter.

I know that underneath these updates is often a deep indescribable loneliness, a fear of being incapable of being truly known and loved anyway. The antidote to this shame, I suggested on the show, is knowing that you aren’t alone in feeling these messy feelings.

So why did I empathize in my mind instead of in a way that could actually reach her?

We don’t like to see the icky parts of other people because they remind us of the icky parts of ourselves.

Acknowledging the scary, confused, disoriented feelings other people have means acknowledging our own deep vulnerabilities. That takes courage. It takes a certain strength to admit the shortcomings we all share.

The good news is that building compassion for other people’s messiness helps us extend compassion to our own imperfect selves.

Take care,


April 13, 2017

Positive Mind Radio Show: Millennials’ Biggest Issues and How I Help in Therapy

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  • Under : How Therapy Helps, Young Professionals

I was on The Positive Mind Radio Show on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC talking about the issues millennials face and how I help in therapy.

On the show we get into the paradoxes people in their 20s and 30s often deal with:

•Connecting more than ever through Facebook/Instagram/Grindr/Tinder but feeling more disconnected than ever
•Looking like you have it all together but feeling like you’re falling apart
•Searching for a relationship while battling for your independence
•Wanting to come across as competent but feeling like a fraud at work

In this episode I talk about how therapy helps young people tune into what they’ve been missing so that they can start connecting more.

Listen below:
http://nuarchive.wbai.org/mp3/wbai_170315_130000pmind.mp3

 

Take care,


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