by Lisa Holland, PhD | Jun 21, 2011 | General
Oh, my gosh, I did it again! Wendy has been working on presenting her second case in court: the first one was a disaster. She’s practiced and paced the floor of her apartment for hours going over and over her points. And, each time she faces the judge, she...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | Jun 7, 2011 | General
An old emotion rippled over me yesterday. Here’s how it went – I was thinking about how to solve a current problem and that thinking took me to a memory from graduate school, and that…took me to an old emotion associated with a past...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | May 9, 2011 | General
Ask a child what they really, really…want and you’ll get a concrete answer. Something like, “I want my mommy and daddy to hug each other” or “I want a puppy.” Ask an adult what they really, really…want and usually the answer is abstract; something that’s difficult to...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | Apr 25, 2011 | General
A few weeks ago I got a call about about writing an article for my home town hospital auxiliary fundraising campaign. Connie wanted the article to revisit a time when a piece of equipment, purchased by the hospital auxiliary, was used to save my life. The...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | Feb 5, 2011 | General
If I hear one more time…someone say to someone else…“just be yourself” I’m going to scream! “Oh, Danielle…just be yourself” I heard her say. I was standing in the check-out line at Target behind two women who were deep into conversation; I think they were talking...
by Lisa Holland, PhD | Dec 7, 2010 | General
If you’re not worrying about finding a new job, maybe you’re thinking about how you can keep the one you have. Right? Well…maybe. The truth is, when we’re in a stable career position, our brains seem to “lock-in.” And, we end up spending a lot of emotional...
