Does giving the toast at a wedding cause you hives, weeks before you’re slated to give it? Does your pulse race at the thought of cocktail hours, high school reunions, or even stopping in at an unfamiliar grocery store? If you’re frustrated by being labeled timid, skittish, introverted, or insecure, now is the time to make changes that will help you overcome social anxiety and connect to the world again. Nearly 15 million adults in this country...

I was featured in this report from NJ101.5 about social media addiction. http://nj1015.com/social-media-addiction-is-real-and-scary-but-treatable/

Jake sat in the group for weeks before he shared. But he’d been listening to the stories, and noticed the heads nodding at the confessed lows, and sexually-induced highs, they all seemed to have in common. Slowly, Jake had begun to feel safe there.His group understood sex addiction and didn’t judge. He realized he cared about them. Wanted those guys to get better too. Something he thought he’d forgotten how to do. Jackie was starting to...

You thought the withdrawal would ease your pain. So you shut down to shield yourself. But depression doesn’t fight fair. It doesn’t protect you. Or meet your needs. And no matter how you struggle against it, it only tells you lies about yourself. You’ll always be alone. You’re too far gone. You should just give up. Still, something inside you knows better. You know you deserve to feel better. But how? Here’s the strategy: Get the help you’re...

Addiction is a beast. A cruel one. It doesn’t care about you. It toys with you. It doesn’t befriend with you. It draws you in. All along, it whispers “more” and “higher” and “mine.” Addiction has no empathy for you, your situation, or the messes it makes. And the longer the two of you are involved, the harder you find it to care about the people you hurt, or the people who love you. Why is that? Why does addiction seem to steal the caring...