I’m a friendly person. I enjoy chatting with strangers, and having pleasant, casual interactions. 

I love my Peloton and give out high fives to my fellow riders when I join the ride, when I leave the ride, and, yes, while I’m riding.

I drive a Jeep, and was thrilled to discover, that Jeep owners wave to one another on the road. I have enthusiastically joined in this practice. 

At the beginning of 2016, I engaged in an exercise to identify a ‘Word for the Year.’ To essentially choose a word that would be my theme for the year, that would serve as my guiding intention for the next 12 months.

Did you read this book as a kid? I remember loving this book! But now, as an adult, and particularly as an anxiety therapist, I see it through a fresh perspective.  

We've intuitively known that our cell phones and social media were changing the way we think, process, and attend, and also, in how we relate to other people. The data bears that out, and it's, not surprisingly, scary.

Being constantly annoyed is a true thief of joy. While it takes effort, you can, instead, choose to respond to annoying situations differently… because, very often, those situations cannot be changed.

Five ways to calm your nervous system: mindfulness, breath, body, thoughts, and behavior

A surprising take on sleep meditation: 99 bottles of beer on the wall. Yes, really…

RTF recommends 'The Comfort Crisis' by Michael Easter

A recent study suggests that your current blood sugar and cholesterol levels may predict your future risk of stress, anxiety, and depression.

Challenging people pleasing and ensuring you are not saying yes, to your own detriment, are some of the most powerful ways you can take care of yourself.

Treat and reverse chronic conditions with lifestyle interventions

The most powerful way to improve your health is to shift the way you think, to allow for long-term behavior change.

To change your life, you must change how you respond to the thoughts you’re currently experencing.

Negative thoughts help to create negative emotion. Explore three strategies to shift negative thinking to improve your emotional wellbeing.

It’s not sexy … but long-term change happens only with small changes done consistently over time.

We can use our breath and body to calm our nervous system, to communicate directly with our brain.

The #1 reason I recommend my clients meditate … and it’s probably not what you think.

Exploring your relationship to distraction and what Mary Oliver calls “the intimate interrupter,” and what to do when it inevitably shows up.

A morbid countdown … or a powerful path to empowered living? You decide.

Exploring what tasks make your top ten list of things you want to be able to do when you’re in your later years … and how to get there!