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Short 2-4 minute reads often on current topics, providing tools for addressing communication issues that we all face. These skills come from my forty year career as a psychotherapist. I design original chalk art for each post.
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Federal Furlough
My sister works for the federal government and like 800,000 others has been furloughed for over 3 weeks due to the longest shutdown in...

Dr. Vin
Jan 18, 20192 min read


Floating Vision
You know that feeling when the holiday hoopla is over but you haven’t quite returned back to your everyday world. It can be a nice...

Dr. Vin
Jan 9, 20193 min read


Angry Brain and Guns
BACKGROUND: Last week as I entered an art classroom, a woman came up to me with excitement in her eyes and said, “I read your book cover...

Dr. Vin
Dec 19, 20184 min read


Support Helps Live Show and Bee Stings
From a recently viewed Ted talk I heard the question: What is the biggest predictor of happiness? The speaker was a researcher on a 75...

Dr. Vin
Dec 1, 20183 min read


Melting Ice
We just returned from visiting the grandkids in the Midwest for a crisp Halloween adventure full of ghosts, goblins, soccer and autumn...

Dr. Vin
Nov 6, 20182 min read


Screen Dependence
BACKGROUND I just took an Internet Addiction Test (IAT). It was in a packet from an informative seminar I attended yesterday given by...

Dr. Vin
Oct 20, 20183 min read


No Where Safe To Go
I was at a women’s spiritual retreat last Saturday, a day to get away from political strife and focus on contemplative prayer. Off the...

Dr. Vin
Oct 12, 20183 min read


Book Signing Bonanza
I had the greatest time last Saturday at a local authors book-signing event at Barnes & Noble. As this was my first bookstore event I...

Dr. Vin
Oct 2, 20182 min read


Sexual Assault Politics
News is swirling around the political fight about appointing Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Christine Ford’s allegation of a...

Dr. Vin
Sep 24, 20183 min read


Circle the Wagons
Yesterday a shocking New York Times op-ed revealed that senior members of the Trump administration believe he is unfit to serve. It was...

Dr. Vin
Sep 6, 20183 min read


Sprouting Wings
The book is launched and I feel so free watching it take off from the nest of my lap (top) and finally fly on its own over hills and...

Dr. Vin
Aug 30, 20182 min read


Compassionate Listening Recipe
Here is an adapted excerpt from my upcoming book, Communication Breakthrough: How Using Brain Science and Listening to Body Cues Can...

Dr. Vin
Aug 19, 20182 min read


Rushing to Meet the Deadline
BACKGROUND: I have my first book launch coming up soon and am scrambling to finish all tasks to complete the book in time for the...

Dr. Vin
Aug 11, 20183 min read


How to be a Happy Houseguest
BACKGROUND: There are only two rules at my house for guests staying more than a few days: Ask for what you want and take care of...

Dr. Vin
Jul 28, 20182 min read


Brace Yourself
BACKGROUND: I just got this message this afternoon,“…brace yourself cus this isn’t good news…” followed by a detailed note from my...

Dr. Vin
Jul 12, 20183 min read


FIRE RETARDANT
BACKGROUND: I woke up this morning with a flash of fear from reading commentary warning about the trajectory toward fascism of the USA...

Dr. Vin
Jul 1, 20183 min read


The Second Arrow
BACKGROUND: The revered Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has been hospitalized in poor and failing health for the last 3 years. He is...

Dr. Vin
Jun 24, 20182 min read


Separating Children from Parents at the Border
BACKGROUND: Recently the US government instituted a “zero tolerance” policy for people seeking asylum, who arrive illegally in the USA....

Dr. Vin
Jun 15, 20183 min read


Mirroring
BACKGROUND: This past weekend I visited my brother-in-law who is in the hospital after suffering a stroke. He has a valve in his throat...

Dr. Vin
Jun 13, 20182 min read


Extended Breastfeeding: View from Neuroscience and Attachment
My adult daughter sent me a post warning mothers about 12 dangers of breast-feeding for too long. Some of the arguments in the article...

Dr. Vin
May 31, 20184 min read
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