Part 4:  Promise of Better Days Ahead-Quit Smoking Edition

It was November 1976 and I was living in Newton, Kansas. I had just quit my job as Executive Director of a runaway youth agency in Wichita. The corruption by the board of directors made it impossible for me to continue. I was burnt out and felt defeated. This was not my first foray into...

13 Reasons Why Suicide is the Ultimate Mistake

I am a psychotherapist who has been in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987. I interact with clients, friends, colleagues and acquaintances daily about the state of their moods. I am struck by how many folks are feeling overwhelmed. They are having moments (sometimes more than moments) of depression and anxiety....