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It’s 2021: Embrace Optimism to Get Past Our Surreal Time
4 tools to help you manage your daily expectations and stay positive.
Utilizing Empowerment to Manifest More Self-Confidence
5 techniques to help you achieve an increased sense of empowerment.
How to Face Adversity and Become More Hopeful
6 techniques to help you develop a more hopeful outlook.
Hear: A New Series Using 4 Skills For Better Mental Health
Find out how Hope, Empowerment, Adaptation and Resilience Can Help You Grow
Reaping the Rewards of Active Self-Reinforcement
Identifying positive reinforcers and accepting self-praise.
The Pitfalls of Procrastination and Importance of Closing
Why it’s easy to start and much harder to close.
Are You Guilty of Making Too Many Assumptions?
Understanding the dangers of playing chess and guessing
The Key to Facing Fears, Conquer One at a Time
Start small and work your way up the mountain of fears.
Beware: People-Pleasing Behaviors Can Backfire
Learn to say no and put yourself first.
Decision-Making: Facing the Challenge of Making 35,000 a Day
Seven ways to help you make better choices
The Relationship with Yourself
Notes on self-confidence and authenticity.
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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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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
Taking Critical Steps to Social Distance and Self-Care to Help Stem The Spread of the COVID-19 Virus
6 Tips to Stay Calm and Mentally Healthy
What To Do When Baby Makes 3 To Keep Your Marriage and Family In Sync
Most couples start having children in the third year and after the fourth year of marriage the quality of marriage starts to decline.
How To Thwart The Winter Blues And Feelings Of Loneliness And Isolation
Over 46% of U.S. Adults feel lonely and social isolation is considerably higher in the winter months
Defining What Being Happy Means To You
Is chasing happiness a realistic goal?
5 Ways to Embrace Self-Love On Valentine’s Day
It’s not all about flowers and chocolate.
How to Stop Being An Over-Thinker
Frequently, my clients talk to me about how they overthink many problems or over-analyze a situation. People do this because they engage in something that I call “preemptive coping.”
6 Techniques to Achieve Sustainable Life Satisfaction
As a clinical psychologist, my mission is to help people realize the kind of life satisfaction and inherent lovability that’s dependent on no one but themselves to sustain it. I know this is possible because it’s a theory that I have researched and developed from...
Embracing the Beauty of Flaws
“How come the world doesn’t see things through my eyes?” These are astute words on a painting that has been hanging in my office for the last 15 years (penned by a, then, 17-year-old beautiful, artistic client of mine). Those words resonated deeply with me and made me...
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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.