Stress

A client recently asked me this, and it’s my Question of the Week: What do I do when I seem to care more about my spouse’s health than he does? My husband has been struggling with health issues for a few years now. He’s diabetic, overweight, has heart issues, drinks to excess, has high blood [...]

Several people wrote to me about additional feelings of guilt brought up by the many logistical challenges involved in putting together family holiday gatherings when aging or health-challenged relatives don’t live nearby. An excellent question – and a scenario that happens in millions of families every time there’s a major holiday. The collective amount of [...]

Recently I received another excellent Reader’s Question: “What is the best way to handle feelings of anger – followed by feelings of guilt about being angry? My wife is constantly postponing or cancelling our plans in order to cater to her parents’ demands. I have been tolerant most of the time, but this has now [...]

  So…just 4 days to go! As we get closer to election day, many among us have strong feelings about wanting one candidate or the other to be elected our next U.S. President. Others may be completely disinterested in politics, and believe that it really makes little difference in their lives who is in the [...]