I have a musical festival that I go to every year. As much as I go to the festival for the music I really go just to get away from the day-to-day and be with my friends. The festival, at least for the time being, is located in a place where there is minimal cell phone reception so I really do get to escape. There comes a point on my drive that I no longer get reception and I have to let go of my connections to the world and just deal with the reality around me. That disconnec

As I go through life I have experienced numerous approaches to vacation. When I was a child and my family went on vacation I was not involved with the planning, packing or paying. Mostly I sat in the back seat and got bored. Although my parents did subscribe to car sing-a-longs and license plate spotting games. When I moved out of my parent’s home I would still go on vacations with them and had increasing input in the planning, packing and paying. Vacations with friends and v

Recently I was asked to speak to a group of parents who are in the midst of having a child go off to college. On the one hand all these parents have put great effort into supporting their children as they made their way through nursery, elementary, middle and high school. All to help them move on to their next bit of schooling. After which comes making it in the real world. These parents have sent their children to a private school in belief that the education they receive wi

If you have not heard of Carl Jung let’s just say he was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and is probably right behind Freud in influence on psychological thinking. Most therapists have a Jung quote or two that they share from time to time. Here is one I recently ran across that carries a lot of weight. "The greatest harm to a child is the unlived life of the parent." That is a pretty heavy duty statement, especially if you are a parent and know that you have not fulfilled all