Is there someone you’re trying to avoid?  An acquaintance in the community, a neighbor, a coworker, a friend?  Someone whose political opin...

Each year, I ask the Lord to give me a word to bless the new year.  (Yeah, I'm cheezey like that.)  I was reflecting and meditating with...

Name-calling and shame-labeling are popular today.  From major media to comedians to kids on the playground, insults are tossed back and for...

I frequently tell this parable to my patients.  And honestly, I think I could stand to listen to it myself: Bob was driving to work when h...

As a speech therapist, I am sometimes tempted to focus only on improving my patients’ deficits.   After all, isn’t that what rehabilitation ...

Whenever I wipe poop off a bottom (or a toilet, or a wall), I make a mental note to say something extra positive to our nurses and sanitatio...

It seems like Pascha (Easter) has come too soon. Near-empty churches are decked in white; we sing that God has trampled death.  But the deat...

I often set expectations for myself and fail to meet them: ~I want to wake up earlier.   But I continue to go to bed late.    ~I w...

I have seen in the movies and read in books that true love is about finding joy in each other, about holding hands and giving roses and wr...

Many patients are surprised that my cognitive therapy sessions don’t involve logic puzzles or crosswords.  With me, cognitive therapy look...

Some days, I just don’t like myself.   From the outside in, I notice plenty of flaws.   I have acne, my hair is a wild mess, my posture i...

Society has attempted to answer this question in a variety of ways, defining a person’s worth by wealth, social class, language, skin colo...

“When will our lives be back to normal?” This is probably the most common question I receive from patients and their families.   I u...

In the United States, our small talk is very direct.  After asking someone’s name and maybe where they are from, the next question is usua...

Sometimes, I fail.  I don't finish my daily to-do list.  I overcook dinner.  My words fall flat, or worse, hurt someone’s feelings.  To...

Stop Striving and Start Thriving (with feeding resources for families and SLPs) It’s easy to believe that if you provide the perfect c...

" T his is W ho I am and T hat's H ow it's G onna B e ” An interview with my friend Sydney My friend Sydney always has...