When kids go off to college, some parents experience empty nest syndrome. Both mothers and fathers can experience feelings of sadness, anxiety, and grief when their kids leave the house. Many parents find they have a loss of identity as well. The helicopter or hovering parents will find themselves at a loss with no child to manage at home. When kids go off to college, it will open up downtime in a whole new way. This may also bring up feelings...

Workplace violence is on the rise in our country. On an average working day, three people will be murdered on the job in the U.S. One million coworkers are assaulted, and more than 1,000 are murdered every year, according to the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Homicide is the second leading cause of death on the job, after motor vehicle accidents. What is more shocking than these statistics is the fact that half of...

Whitney brought her teenage daughter, Bobbi Kristina, to her 30-day rehab stay so she could fully explain to her what had gone wrong in her mother’s life. She believes this was an invaluable experience for her and her daughter. While on Oprah, Whitney went on to say that she couldn’t lie to her daughter, and wanted her to know that her horrible drug addiction problems were associated with the lifestyle they were keeping. I also...

I keep hearing from clients and friends that they couldn’t imagine being Abby Rike on “The Biggest Loser” — who lost her husband, Wallace, 5-year-old daughter, Macy, and 4-week-old son, Caleb, in a car accident. Every single person said to me, “I would just kill myself. I couldn’t recover from that.” She is truly an inspiration for all of us mothers for her enormous courage of simply going on living,...

Shame on you! One mom and expert psychologist thinks our leaders and icons need to live up to their responsibilities — as role models and as human beings. Shame and humility — that is the difference between Kanye West and Congressman Joe Wilson and their respective apologies for “mistakes” they both made publicly. Kanye’s apology of course is to Taylor Swift, and Rep. Joe Wilson’s is to President Obama and...