DR. GUTTMAN’S BLOG
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Dr. Guttman in a regular contributor to Psychology Today. Below is a selection of articles. Click here to see more on Psychology Today.
Managing Transitions After Challenging Life Events
Five strategies to cope with feeling out of control.
Goal Setting and Resolutions for the New School Year
Four strategies to begin the school year motivated and confident.
What We Resist Persists
Five strategies to overcome bad habits.
Are You With a Gaslighter? Signs and Strategies
Recognize if you’re in a gaslighting relationship.
5 Tips for Successful Seasonal Well-Being
Find satisfaction by focusing on boundaries and mindfulness.
Breaking the Habit of People Pleasing
Improve your self-confidence and life satisfaction.
Why Achieving Satisfaction Is Worth Taking a Leap of Faith
Happiness is an emotion that we can’t always control.
Have You Found Anything Beyond Happiness That’s Attainable?
Is the perception of being happy why 40 percent of people are unhappy?
Eradicating Labeling People With Mental Health Issue
Nearly 600 million people worldwide are dealing with anxiety and depression.
Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Making Assumptions
How to break the pattern and build more solid footing at home and at work.
10 Ways to Limit People-Pleasing
Give yourself permission to communicate transparently.
Decision-Making: One of Our Greatest Challenges Today
A blueprint of exercises to help you make better decisions at home and at work.
How Facing Fears Helps to Protect Your Mental Health
Learn difference-making tips to conquer your fears at home and work.
How Communication and Attachment Issues Can Affect Partners
5 ways to fix “demon dialogue” and attachment style issues in relationships.
Are You the Protagonist and Star of Your Story?
How to avoid ceding and fulfilling a supporting role in your life.
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How To Go Beyond Happiness & Sustain Long-Term Satisfaction
How does a person get to a place where they consistently embody an empowered self-concept?
The Biggest Mistake Couples Make While Going To Couples Therapy
Good communication shouldn’t only be reserved for your therapist’s couch.
Do We Even Know What The Word ‘Happiness’ Means Anymore?
For most of my life, I was guilty of chasing happiness too. But after about five years doing a deep dive into some of this literature on happiness, I realized that our culture’s gold standard definition of “happy” doesn’t match up to the history and research.
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Beyond Happiness: The 6 Secrets of Lifetime Satisfaction
A friendly, practiced approach to not only surviving life’s pitfalls but to thriving with a sustainable level of contentment.
Virtual Therapy Is Here To Stay
How using 4 simple techniques can improve your virtual sessions
Dinner is Ready! Are You and Your Teens?
Learn the psychology behind why engaging dinner conversation with your teens feels so daunting and 6 ways to tip the scales in your favor.
How to Strengthen Your Instrinsic Motivation
5 Strategies to get your mojo going and complete your tasks
Facing the Challenges of Being More Confident
5 Tips to help manifest self-confidence in your daily life
How Guessing and Making Assumptions Creates Havoc and Increases Your Anxiety
Learn how pre-emptive thinking triggers assumptions and three steps to avoid using it to solve problems
How Harnessing Your Neuro Power Can Help You Adapt And Manage New Challenges
Learn 5 Skills to reset your brain and get through these trying times
Don’t Let Your New Year’s Resolutions Derail Your Optimism for 2021
Only 35% of People Keep All Their Resolutions, 4 Empowering Tips to Help You Reach Your Goals
A Look At How Re-Enactment Can Adversely Impact Your Relationship
Learn 3 Techniques to Help You Lessen its Influence
What the World Needs Now: Patience
Learn 7 ways to improve your frustration tolerance and become more patient
Self-Caring And Managing Your Mental Health While Prepping For the New Normal
Coping Tips For Staying Home And Embracing The Unknown With Optimism
5 Tips to Help Parents Manage The Family Challenges of Staying at Home and Social Distancing
72% of US adults are practicing social distancing and self-quarantining
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How To Tackle Your Work Goals Like A Boss
Already having trouble tackling your work goals for 2019? Dr. Guttman shares her top tips for getting things done.
The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do to Build Emotional Intelligence
The key in attempting to cultivate emotional intelligence is the importance of listening and not talking. When people feel like they are having difficulty with a social skill, their insecurities bring them to talk more. So, when people are insecure about something,...
An Inside Look Into a Psychologist’s Self-Care Routine
I’m often asked about what my personal self-care routine is for maintaining my mental health. I’m happy to share, although, I encourage you to develop a self-care routine that is unique to you. It’s essential for people to live with their own authenticity and I don’t...
3 Small Daily Changes to Boost Your Self-Confidence
In my practice, lack of self-confidence is a significant issue. A lot of people come to me because they have low self-confidence and are disappointed with themselves and their behavior. If a lack of self-confidence is something you struggle with, I want to give you some tasks that should help reduce your feelings of low self-confidence.
Three Things You Can Physically Do To Increase Your Concentration
A lot of people find it hard to concentrate, so you are not alone. They complain of low concentration and they wonder what they should do. There are a few things I can recommend if you’re struggling with low concentration. 1. Keep your stomach satisfied. Hunger is...
Self-Reinforcement: The Key to Life Satisfaction
One of the greatest problems I see in my patients is they’ve lost the ability to believe that they can accomplish their goals. Then, gradually, they have let go of their goals altogether, leaving them feeling aimless and unproductive. Without a sense of effectiveness...
How to Feel Better About the Decisions You Make
A lot of my clients really struggle with how to become better at making decisions. Many people delegate decision making to other people in their lives because they don’t want to to take responsibility for a decision that results in a ends negative outcome.