Decades ago, there was a marketing promo for the United States Peace Corps that coined the phrase: “The Peace Corps. The toughest job you’ll ever love.” Dang, I think that phrase is more descriptive of what it’s like to be a parent, particularly now. It’s damn difficult to be a parent. This is even more true […]
September is National Suicide Awareness Month. It happens to be a difficult time for me for the past few years. You see, on October 2, 2018, I lost Amanda. She was a 29-year-old graduate student in Psychology and someone who I worked with for nine and a half years. She was one of my favorite […]
One of the people in my practice, Mike, is a 31-year-old law student who is completing his legal education in a few weeks. Like most attorneys, Mike dwells “in small details” (kudos to Don Henly and Bruce Hornsby). Anything less than a perfectionistic, predictable outcome constitutes a major personal failure – an injury to his […]
The acceptance of worthiness as innate comes with the understanding that people have the fundamental right to be cared for, loved, and be treated with respect. One of the best cognitive behavioral skills that promotes and ensures self-worth is assertion. Assertion is indeed the golden tool of worthiness. Assertiveness is a necessary skill when negotiating […]
In Being Worthy, I define the concept of worthiness as fundamental to your very existence. The idea here is “I am, therefore, I am worthy.” You deserve to be treated with basic respect, love, and care to build a strong cornerstone of worth. Worthiness can also be applied to all human endeavors by extension. We are worthy and […]
I asked one of the people in my practice if I could relate her contribution to the world through her act of kindness. Deborah Martin is a Worthy Warrior and here’s her story. As in many parts of North America, this summer has been brutally hot and humid in Northern New Jersey. I’m sure you […]
At this time of year, a lot of you are getting ready to experience the next phase of your life. For some, it’s starting a new high school while for others, it’s packing up and heading for college. Some people are leaving the country for a year to study abroad. Are you changing jobs or […]
Recently, I had the pleasurable opportunity to visit the Vincent van Gogh Immersive Experience in New York with my wife Jayne and friends Mark and Linda. The one we visited was in Battery Park City North and if you’re planning to visit New York, don’t miss it. I went to the Musee D’Orsay in Paris […]
What happens to us when we mess up something? A bunch of things depending upon how big the screw-up was, the people involved, and how much grief or consequence we face. Generally, we feel bad, embarrassed, and sad. Did you ever roast a turkey so badly that it no longer resembled anything that once was […]
In today’s Being Worthy blog, I’m going to tell you about the transformational connection of resilience and worthiness. One of my favorite inspirational mentors is Dr. Robert Brooks who has spent his entire life’s work working with children and adults to develop a resilient mindset. (He grew up in Brooklyn too!) Along with his friend and […]
