Sometimes, we can become so engrossed in our internal lives, that we miss out on REAL life. In this video, I talk about a tool/skill to help you “contact the present moment” so that we can live more of our lives in the here and now and appreciate living so much more. There is a short (less than 1 minute)...

Contacting the Present Moment is so important, in this addendum to my full video, I mention one critical piece that I forgot to add in my original CTPM video. I can help you to contact the present moment more in your daily life and perhaps even more importantly, when you are in the midst of an emotional storm....

Self-compassion may be foreign to many of us, but as I found in my own personal experience, it is a wonderful tool to help ourselves “self-soothe” and move forward in our lives when we are struggling and suffering. In this video I explain the importance of self-compassion and describe how to begin a self-compassion...

In this video, I discuss online therapy and my previously held belief that it is a less desirable way of seeing a therapist. I discuss my own experience as a client and my surprise with the level of connection possible between client and therapist. I talk about how this experience not only changed my thinking, but...

Defusion or unhooking from unpleasant and unhelpful thoughts refers to an amazing set of tools that can help take the power out of these thoughts. In this video, I explain defusion and give several examples of defusion tools. This is part of my video series, Why I love ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). If...