Posts from ‘December, 2011’

Years ago I knew a woman who achieved great success in her difficult profession. After climbing to the top, however, she experienced a kind of nervous breakdown and health crash. Her healthcare providers warned her to take early retirement to salvage her health. Fortunately, she was in a position that enabled her to do just [...]

I hear from a lot of people who are fascinated by a specific symbol or scene in their dreams. Often they have a sense of what the dream is sorting through, but there is one symbol or image that is highlighted, feels important and central to their understanding, yet doesn’t have any obvious meaning to [...]

In the medical field, a maneuver is a test or a remedy executed by a special movement, method or procedure. Most famous is the Heimlich maneuver which is designed for an emergency situation in which someone is choking. There are other maneuvers, however, that are more subtle yet every bit as valuable. These are conversational [...]

Dreams of losing teeth are among the most talked-about and curious of anxiety dreams. Some are prone to versions in which the teeth crumble like chalk, others find they become rubbery and soft, but the most typical version involves discovering a loose tooth with your tongue, wiggling it, and finding it pops out, followed by [...]

I don’t know if there is a group called Perfectionists Anonymous, but if there isn’t there should be.  Most of us have context-specific perfectionism, linked with generous doses of self criticism.  We live comfortably for the most part, but when it comes to our special bugaboo, we literally make ourselves crazy worrying, fussing and over-preparing [...]