by Dr Aletta | Apr 13, 2024 | Good Therapy, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Matters, Positive Psych, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Well-Being
I’ve recently embraced being an artist. Overall it’s been a mind-blowing journey but, me being me, it doesn’t take long for the path to be filled with rocks covered in anti-affirmation messages like: ‘You failed!’ Or, ‘You call yourself an artist?! Haha!’ Which brings... 
by Dr Aletta | Mar 24, 2024 | Anxiety, Depression, Happiness, Life Matters, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Well-Being
There’s a place where resiliency is stretched so far that we break. Most of us are familiar with the frog in the pot story. The frog in the slowly heating up pot of water adapts to the temperature, making it work. Going from chilly cold to comfy warmth, the frog... 
by Dr Aletta | Jan 31, 2023 | Happiness, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
Editor’s Note: If you arrived here without reading Word Of The Year, Gaslighting part one, that’s fine; however, you may want to check it out for some of the back stories on Gaslighting Relationships and why it’s such an important issue for you to... 
by Dr Aletta | Nov 24, 2022 | Family Matters, Happiness, Life Candy, Life Matters, Self-Care
I thought my life was going pretty well. My business was growing and evolving, I felt like I was really making positive progress with my clients, my adult kids have their life on track and I’ve been enjoying spending time with my husband. The last thing I thought I... 
by Dr Aletta | Mar 25, 2022 | Happiness, Life Candy
In my dream, I was with my daughter and someone else, my husband maybe, looking out at the Pacific Ocean from a space that could have been a park or a run-down but still beautiful office building. Someone was talking, I think my husband. Looking out at the ocean, the... 
by Dr Aletta | Feb 17, 2022 | Family Matters, Happiness, Self-Care, Well-Being
This article was inspired by your comments on the article Five Steps to Stop Being the Family Scapegoat. “What is your advice for someone who is a scapegoat living with their parents? I recently finished uni and until I get a job, I can’t move out and support myself.”...
