FOX 13’s The Place: Unwanted holiday gatherings

Click on the image to watch the segment on FOX 13’s The Place! Christmas is a time of get-togethers and holiday gatherings. But, statistics show 19 percent of us dread attending holiday events (Consumer Reports 2017) and 64 percent of us will be attending at least…

Appreciating the worst moments.

“If I was there Mom, I would have given you a big hug and then we would make cookies.” The conversation my 7 year old and I were having was not full of much emotion. I feel like I have processed a great deal of…

The pursuit of happiness is a treadmill

The pursuit of happiness is a treadmill, true happiness is a mountaintop. Not sure what I mean? Lets see if this makes sense. Michael Eysenck is a British psychologist who developed the ‘Hedonic Treadmill Theory’. The theory discusses the concept that despite major positive and negative…