by stillwaters | Jun 15, 2013 | Children, Uncategorized
Two parents have asked similar questions about teenage drug and alcohol use, and I’ll address them both in this Q&A 1. My 15 year old son just started in high school this year. He has always been a good student, but this year his grades have dropped and he is...
by stillwaters | Jun 15, 2013 | Happiness, Uncategorized
Sleep in Have breakfast in bed Go back to sleep Wake up around noon, to the sounds of laundry being done and dinner being made Hang out Have leftovers for lunch Take a nap Wake up and go for a nice long walk Read Read some more while you wait for dinner Eat dinner...
by stillwaters | Jun 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hello Dr. Nagpal, Last week, after the Boston Marathon bombings, I became complete engrossed with the “who done it” aspect of the story. I followed along on Reddit.com’s “FindBostonBombers” forum, where users posted picture after picture of the scene, looking for...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Emotions, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
It’s been nice having our 18-year old back home for the holidays. I am also acutely aware that the pain of parting is in my near future. Christmas is traditionally the time in the United States when many young adults travel home for the holidays — whether it be...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” goes the famous line in the Sun editorial of 1897, written by Francis P. Church, who goes on to give an answer that is brilliant in its simplicity. And all in a days work, the story goes. Now I wish that I could...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Uncategorized
December 14, 2012 There are no words to quite describe the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut today. A tragedy that brought the president of the United States to tears, and to state, “our hearts are broken today.” In the aftermath...
by stillwaters | Mar 3, 2012 | Happiness, Uncategorized
There is a lot of hype about happiness out there. From books proposing how to find true happiness like The Happiness Hypothesis and The Happiness Project, to one simply called Happiness. Any moment now I am expecting to find one called “One Minute Happiness” written...
by stillwaters | Feb 18, 2012 | Meditation, Uncategorized
Meditation. Many ideas and opinions exist about this ancient, mind altering, self-healing practice. It is often dismissed as that “new age stuff,” or “that mystical stuff from the East (that you read about in Eat Pray Love).” In common parlance it may also be known...
by stillwaters | Feb 18, 2012 | Counseling, Therapy, Uncategorized
As I sit in a hospital room with my dad, having traveled several thousand miles to get here so that I can be here with him through his surgical journey, I find myself having a lot of time to think. Strangely, one of the things I find myself thinking about is therapy....
by stillwaters | Feb 18, 2012 | Emotions, Stress, Uncategorized
Most of us can relate to the idea that our brain has two independent systems – the emotional one and the rational one. If you have ever overslept, overworked, eaten too much, skipped your exercise (or not started your exercise program at all), become angry and said...
