Truth / Reveal Yourself on Valentine's Day Questions, Questions Questions Have you ever wondered just how well you know the people in your life, and just how well they know you? Emotional intimacy is about letting down the walls and letting ourselves be known. And letting ourselves be known is about the ability to share [...]
The Change You Hope to Produce Personally There are times in life when we want a different outcome. However, we keep plodding along doing the same thing over and over again – like the movie Groundhog Day - we wake up to the same routine. Yet, while doing the same things, we wish and hope [...]
How to Stop Procrastinating, Start Doing It is amazing how much I accomplish when I procrastinate. My underwear and sock drawers are in perfect order. I cooked and froze a week’s worth of meals. And I even did my 30 minutes on the elliptical machine. Why is it that I am being so productive? It's [...]
As the New Year begins we have been talking about change and the change process and making New Year resolutions. Since it is a time of renewal where we each hope to gain clarity in our lives, you might wish to better understand change, and the elements of change. Change often is about eliminating bad habits, or [...]
How to Trick Your Brain Into Accomplishing Anything Change is hard. Psychologically, we are hardwired to resist change. We are comfortable in the familiar, even if we know that it is not good for us. Bad boss, unhealthy eating habits, emotionally draining relationship - it doesn't even matter if we know the "change" we need [...]
Do New Year Resolutions Even Work New Year is best known for resolutions – get fit, lose weight, spend less, get organized – at least these are some of mine. We all hope that along with the end of the Holiday season, we can hit the reset button on our lives, too. The interesting part [...]
Holiday Wishes From Me to You Wishes to You and Yours on this very Happy Holiday season. May you truly experience the joy of coming together - whatever that means for you. We'll return to regular blog posting in the New Year. As always, feel free to contact me, Dr. Ines K. Roe, should you [...]
To Grandmother's House Deal With Family Holiday Stress In Unique Ways Family Holidays are wonderful. It fills us with warmth and love and reminds us of tradition. We look forward to being together with our loved ones and experiencing the joy of the season. Ok, having said all that, there can also be some family [...]
The holiday season is a festive season filled with family joy, right? There are holiday decorations, holiday songs, gifts and so much food. With everyone referring to "the most wonderful time of the year," how can you not feel pressure to be joyous when you experience grief during the holidays? Well, there may come a [...]
Your Midlife Marriage | 3 Shades of Gray Divorce It is easy for us to get lulled by the mundane aspects of everyday that we don’t even notice subtle shifts in our world. Then abruptly everything can change and all we believed to be true, suddenly isn’t anymore. It feels like we suddenly woke up [...]
