When You Have The Worst Seat On The Plane And You Spill Water.
So here I am, sitting right next to the bathroom with a door constantly opening and shutting as the myriad of faceless travelers drop trowel and alleviate themselves. I try and think of funny jokes as...
View ArticleWhere is Your Phone on Thanksgiving Day?
In the spirit of Dr. Suess, have you ever wondered about all the places you go with your smartphone and if you are addicted? I ran across a wonderful study, of course, on my smartphone by Solitari –...
View Article10 Ways to Make Your Time Matter
This morning I read a provoking article by Oliver Bukemen in the daily good that reminded me of our immortality- yours and mind. In his book Four Thousand Weeks, he lets us know that the average...
View ArticleCocaine and Ketamine — A Lethal Cocktail Known As CK
Calvin Klein has now achieved new notoriety in the drug world. CK-Calvin Klein is the name for a new polydrug which is a combination of cocaine and ketamine. CK is popular around the world, including...
View ArticleTreatment Without Walls
Over the past year, I have been blessed to be able to work with many different behavioral health centers: Seasons Malibu, Milestones Malibu, Pointe Malibu, JFlowers Health Institute, A Mission for...
View ArticleOrnamental Children (written with the help of Maks Ezrin)
When Sam called last week, she was scared and frightened. Her beautiful 24-year-old daughter, Harriet, was raging once again, letting her know, in no uncertain terms, that she was a no good, very bad...
View ArticleThe Crisis Of Wealth
We live in a time of unprecedented, voluptuous wealth. It can be measured in all sorts of ways, such as the high school senior driving a new Mercedes Benz or a five-bedroom apartment on Park Avenue....
View ArticleSHH: It’s Easier To Talk About Sex Than Money
I am a fortunate woman, clinician, educator, and interventionist. I oftentimes work with people who have lives aplenty. That was not always the way, as I started out working at Allegheny Department of...
View ArticleWho’s your husband sleeping with? – a tale of Addiction, Coke, and Betrayal –...
Hunter Biden’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle is releasing an explosive tell-all memoir, If We Break: a memoir of marriage, addiction and healing Crown Publishing, in November detailing Hunter’s drug abuse and...
View ArticleWhat Do Yellowstones’ Ryan Bingham and I Have In Common?
Well, it’s obvious I am not a good looking cowboy that roams the plains of Montana, can ride a bull and is one of the wayward ranch hands that makes Yellowstone so seductive. However, I surely...
View ArticleHow Do You Talk to a Teen About Cannabis? – What’s Inside those Gummy bears...
Funny how when I was growing up, marijuana was marijuana, yet now we have a new word for an old substance, cannabis. The sad truth is teens are getting high on candies and cookies. Every day there is a...
View ArticleSocial Media Apps -Youth Exploitation and Legislative Oversight- A California...
I was excited to learn that my alma mater, the University of San Diego, their School of Law Children’s Advocacy Institute, along with Republican Jordan Cunningham of Paso Robles and Democrat Buffy...
View ArticleThe Killing Drug – Fentanyl What Is Our Country To Do? Enforcement or Treatment?
America Has A Fentanyl Problem That Cannot Be Ignored It’s no secret that we have entered the deadliest wave of the opioid crisis. According to Dr. Raul Gupta, more than 100,000 people died from an...
View ArticleWomen and Alcohol
Even though March was deemed woman and addiction month, with the startling statistics, every month must be FOC. Over the past two and a half years we have all experienced how the pandemic, natural...
View ArticlePart 2: Mental Health and Women – Do Women Need an Intervention?
As a mature woman, I see each day the trials and tribulations that women face as they live their lives with courage, humility, passion, and determination. No one sets out to have a mental illness, yet...
View ArticleLeadership
This edition of my blog is devoted to leadership. Leadership especially servant leadership is needed in our world in general and in behavioral health care. Each day we face life and death situations....
View ArticleDifferent Types of Grief & How To Deal With Them
What is Grief Grief is the natural reaction to losing something Speaking Grief offers a wonderful website and resource which you can find here. Types of Grief Anticipatory Grief Expecting loss or...
View ArticleBiden Overdose Strategy
The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, will unveil a new strategy for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses that aims to expand access to medications for opioid overdoses, increase funding for law...
View ArticleDeath
Nothing prepared me for April 20, 1996. It was the day after Easter a supposed time of resurrection and goodness. Instead, my husband was DOA after sliding backwards into the center divide in his brand...
View ArticleHow do you Deal with Difficult Relationships (Thanks to Adam Brady)
Life is always a series of connections of relationships. Naturally, we want relationships of meaning, of happiness, and of growth. Not all relationships are like that. Most of the time, my team and I...
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