by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Liz is angry at her husband’s doctor. Henry, her husband of twenty-one years died six months ago of heart related issues and Liz has been spitting mad ever since. When her friends ask if she’s talked about her feelings with the doctor, Liz screams… NO! ARE YOU...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Last week I overheard two women talking in Target, “oh…I’m so stupid” one said to the other, “I can’t believe I forgot to make the cupcakes for her party, again.” I smiled as I pushed my cart past them, but I was wondering how calling herself stupid would affect...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
I don’t know the exact word she said that caused the a picture of a compass to pop into my mind, but I immediately put down my note pad and stood up. It’s like you have a compass in your heart, I said. Since the heart-compass idea opened up a new therapeutic...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
Your relationships are living breathing systems that share, create, do and feel. Although each piece is important, you need feeling in order for your relationship to survive. Oh, wrong…your love relationship can can survive without feeling, but not very well or...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | General
I hear people talk about “closure” a lot – they’ll say something like, I just need to get closure on this. It seems they see closure as a psychological door that can permanently shut away their emotional pain. Okay, if closure supposedly shuts away the emotional...
