We’re about a week into the school year by now, and hopefully the kids are settling in. We’d like to think that they’re adjusting to their new schedules, teachers, and responsibilities with aplomb, and are maybe even looking forward to whatever comes next for them. Hopefully parents are also adjusting to the changes, and handling… Continue reading Parents, Kids, and the School of Life
Category: self-awareness
Conflict and Resolution
That first argument is always the worst. Maybe not qualitatively, but it’s the worst in that it shatters the illusion that “Our relationship is different.” Everyone has that illusion. “Yes, people argue, but not us. We’re going to be fine. We’re going to be in line with each other, we’re never going to disagree, and… Continue reading Conflict and Resolution
Trauma, Road trips, and the Backseat of the Mind
Want to understand trauma? Want to understand what it is and why it does what it does? Ever been on a road trip? Let’s picture it. A large group is about to embark on a long road trip. Anyone who’s ever been on a road trip can imagine what it’s like to go somewhere as… Continue reading Trauma, Road trips, and the Backseat of the Mind
Making Sense?
This is written in response to current events. Feel free to email me to discuss your thoughts. When is the need to Act more the need to react? The need to make sense A need To control That which we can’t That which doesn’t make Sense And never will We I That one’s story It’s… Continue reading Making Sense?
A Question of Judgement
“It doesn’t matter where I go, what I’m doing. I feel like everyone is just staring at me, judging everything I do. Why should I have to go through that?” I can’t speak on the staring part, but whoever said this has a good point. Everyone is judging. It’s just the way we do things;… Continue reading A Question of Judgement
Yeshaya Kraus, LCSW 