by Dr Aletta | Oct 30, 2018 | Life Matters, Parenting, Positive Psych, Relationships
Anytime you pair more than one person together there will be occasional problems. This is to be expected. Spouses argue, siblings argue, co-workers disagree and often argue. To a certain extent, the occasional argument is to be expected and is healthy. However, at...
by Dr Aletta | Sep 18, 2018 | Family Matters, Happiness, Life Matters
More Than Pets… Companions A few weeks ago we lost a horse at Maple Row Farm. Losing a horse makes the entire barn sad, even when it’s expected. We don’t call our horses ‘pets’; to call a horse a pet just seems weird. But they are deeply...
by Emily Becker | Aug 6, 2018 | Family Matters, Life Matters, Positive Psych
The most popular course in the history of Yale University is Professor Laurie Santos’ Psychology and the Good Life. Santos’ course has received coverage in the New York Times as enrollment swelled, and made the cover of New York by the semester’s end. It’s even...
by Christine Frank | Apr 5, 2018 | Adulting, Inspiration, Kids, Life Matters, Parenting
Senioritis is what we call a condition experienced by students in their senior year of high school, or even college. It’s when there is a shocking dip in motivation, the feeling of being “done,” or burned out, and the student is putting in less effort into their...
by Dr Aletta | Jul 28, 2017 | Anxiety, Life Matters
Long ago under an administration far, far, away (just a year ago!?) we celebrated when the Pentagon lifted the ban on transgender people serving in the military. On Wednesday we woke up to this… Then we got this news alert… Justice Department Argues that...
by Dr Aletta | Aug 12, 2016 | Inspiration, Life Matters
One night I was out running and thinking about how my wedding engagement set off an intense ripple effect in our friend group. Girlfriends started pressuring their boyfriends about wedding rings and houses. All of a sudden we had four weddings to attend before our...
