by Dr Aletta | Aug 27, 2012 | Happiness, Self-Esteem
1. Vacation isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Do you ever find yourself needing time to recover from your vacation? I mean, air travel alone is enough to exhaust the most serene person in the Universe. Do NOT get me wrong, I would not trade my vacation time... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 20, 2012 | Anxiety, Mental Health
When we get overwhelmed we tend to see things in black and white. Depressed, sad, angry, anxious, take your pick of mood, when the going gets tough, it can feel like a heavy wet blanket of yuck. We feel helpless to do anything about it, it is too consuming, a blinding... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 17, 2012 | Relationships, Self-Esteem
Remember Dumbo? It was an animated film by the Walt Disney Studios released in 1941, recently re-released in DVD. Let me tell you the heart of the Dumbo story. I think it has a significant take-home message that we could all use. It’s typical Disney: A cuter... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 13, 2012 | Mental Health, Self-Esteem
Have you ever had anyone tell you to stop crying? That just drives me nuts. Too often when people see tears they assume you are out of control. Not true. Actually when people say ‘Don’t cry’ (especially men, let’s face it) it’s because... 
by Dr Aletta | Aug 7, 2012 | Family Matters, Relationships
The other day I was responding to someone who was dreading the holidays with her ‘dysfunctional family’ (her words). It got me thinking about that word, dysfunctional, and how it implies that there is an opposite, functional, family somewhere. What...
