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“When you think it’s all up to you – you are cooked!”

Tips to Improve Your Work-Life Balance The title of this blog is one of my favorite quotes from a dear friend...

Self-Saboteur

Part Four: Avoid Your Family Over the Holiday Season. Here’s How.
Can you avoid seeing your family for the holidays? Maybe not. But if they cause emotional pain, don’t be afraid to take steps to minimize the interaction with them.

Holiday Blues: 7 Steps to Lift Your Mood

It may be a time when stress and anxiety run higher than usual. This time of year can exacerbate preexisting financial strains, family conflicts and shame.

A Personal Message from Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D., for Parents, Teachers and Counselors

Thirteen Reasons Why Not

A Personal Message from Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D., for High School and College Students

“And They Lived Happily Ever After”… Really!?

Remember the fairy tales we read as children? Snow White? Cinderella? Beauty and the Beast? Each ended with one version or another of “…and they lived happily ever after.” This Valentines week, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: True love bears no resemblance whatsoever to a fairy tale’s romantic ending.

All Eyes on Me, Wonderful Me!

What are some of the hallmarks of the Narcissistic personality? First and foremost is excessive self absorption. The Narcissist is rarely, if ever, truly interested in others. He or she may go on at length about themselves, but rarely demonstrate a meaningful interest in you.

Courageous Unstoppable You: Facing Yourself to Find Happiness

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” This quote from Aristotle is the cornerstone of all insight-oriented psychotherapies.

Self-Saboteur

Conclusion: Own Your Life by Owning Up to Yourself
Unfortunately, our compulsion to repeat self-sabotaging behaviors can be so subtle, pervasive, and quietly destructive that many of us spend our whole lives enacting toxic tropes without ever becoming fully conscious of them.

Self-Saboteur

Part Six: Yes, You ARE Entitled … to your Own Unhappiness
The simple definition of “entitlement” is the belief that you have the right to something—or that you are inherently deserving of special privilege.