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1 month ago |
sdnews.com | Michael Kimmel
The same bad experience – like getting a traffic ticket or having a fender bender – can happen to two people: one is depressed for a few days, the other bounces back to “normal“ within a few hours. What’s the difference? When I worked for Child Protective Services, we talked about “resilient children” and how they managed not only to survive abusive/neglectful parents, but to thrive in tough situations. This column is about how you too can thrive when bad things happen.
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1 month ago |
sdnews.com | Michael Kimmel
We all feel sad periodically: it’s perfectly normal when we have experiences that make us feel overwhelmed, upset, or even hurt. Perhaps we’ve just ended a relationship, we miss someone, or we feel alone. Maybe we tried our hardest to get something we really wanted – like a great job/house/partner – but didn’t succeed. The demands of day-to-day living may be weighing us down, and the world itself can be pretty scary right now – with all the governmental chaos and financial unpredictability.
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2 months ago |
sdnews.com | Michael Kimmel
Mirror work is something I first tried about 40 years ago. I went to a workshop where author/teacher Louise Hay encouraged people to talk to themselves in the mirror. I thought it was pretty weird and resisted it, at first. But today I frequently use it in my counseling practice and in my personal life. For many of us, looking at ourselves in the mirror isn’t easy.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
sdnews.com | Michael Kimmel
They tell me they feel burned out at work. I define this kind of burnout as : job-related mental and physical exhaustion that has a negative effect on your personal life. You're experiencing : this is a fancy psychological term for loss of interest in things you normally enjoy. Your friends say you're no fun anymore and you find yourself turning down invitations to social events. Find some ways to relax.
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Mar 17, 2025 |
eriegaynews.com | Michael Kimmel
By: Michael Dale Kimmel of Life Beyond Therapy: When you were a little kid, did you look at all the hard-working grownups all around you and think, "Wow, they're so good. I hope I can be like them when I grow up." Years' later, as a working adult, you look around and think, "We're all just faking it. None of us is really very good." This is called "the imposter syndrome": as adults, we're so full of self-doubt that we wonder if we really know what we are doing.
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