As most of my readers know, I’m a positive psychologist. I’m fascinated with lots of the universal struggles that most of us seem to go through. One that I find repeated again and again is the secret crush that tweens and teens often have. Almost everyone has been there and it can be very exciting […]
Two and One Half Men may be funny but what is the show saying about schools and tweens?
Tonight, Monday evening, I happened to catch some of Two and One Half Men on CBS. It is a modern day comedy-a far cry from I Love Lucy that I so loved to watch on Monday nights at 9:00 PM so many years ago. That show had an innocense that Two and One Half Men […]
A Fourteen year old boy in Pasadena agrees with the ‘girl’ in The Truth, (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything) And the truth is it is not nice to swear
Gosh darn! Cussing banned in California town-taken from CNN news South Pasadena declares first week of March as No Cussing Week Mayor hopes proclamation will "elevate the level of discourse" Anti-swearing drive started with teen who founded high school’s No Cussing Club _________________________________________________________________ This news is so exciting. As a positive psychologist, a school psychologist, […]
Bullying increases risk of depression and more
I heard on ABC Now News today that bullying can increase the risk of depression and even suicide. These are serious findings. For more information fo to www.abc.com and go to the on call section. Every day, in every way possible we need to help kids, teens and tweens to not be bullied. We also […]
Tweens will always give us wild rides but as parents we can handle it!
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/tweens/ Jan Singer wrote a wonderful blog entry today on her tween son who give her a ‘wild ride’ as most tweens do. Here is my response: I’ve been a psychologist in private practice for over 25 years and a school psychologist. I don’t have a tween boy, but soon I’ll have a grandson getting […]
Positive Psychology for Women -Let’s Get Positive With Our Bodies and Ourselves!
Posiitve Psychology always encourages a positive attitude in the way we look at important parts of our lives and of course ourselves. And what is more important than your body and yourself? We need to keep our bodies healthy and ‘happy’ just as we need to keep our minds ‘happy’, in good mental health. I […]
A Positive Psychology Look at Tweens and The Seven Gateways to Happiness
I thought I would share with you some of my discussion with Martha Trowbridge, my co-host on my radio show. Happiness for Women Only!, which aired on February 21, 2008 at 2:00 EST. You can download and listen to this show and many of my previous shows by going to www.internetvoicesradio.com and clicking on Happiness […]
Mean Girls, a Positive Psychologist speaks up and so does a girl from the book, The Truth, (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know Everything)
The Truth, (I’m a girl, I’m smart and I know everything) Things I promise to do when I grow up: I’ll travel a lot, I won’t look away when my kids ask me tough questions I’ll answer truthfully, I won’t swear I won’t get into silly fights with my husband… The ‘girl’s’ list from my […]