Dr. Vin
Where to Focus when it feels like the World is Falling Apart
A week ago 22 wildfires spread through Northern California causing death and destruction. This was one week after a gunman murdered and...
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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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Dr. Vin
Oct 9, 20174 min read
Gun Rights versus Gun Control and the Perception of Safety
Beneath the polarizing dialogue this past week since the murderous rampage killing 59 people and wounding 500 in Las Vegas, lies a little...
Dr. Vin
Oct 2, 20172 min read
"Taking a knee" is a sign of Respect
I have been reading recent posts depicting professional NFL (National Football League) athletes who go down on one knee when the National...
Dr. Vin
Sep 27, 20174 min read
Art Before Dishes: Notes on Neatness
The book, Organization for Dummies stood in my overly packed bookcase for about ten years before I picked it up a few months ago and...
Dr. Vin
Sep 18, 20173 min read
How to Get off the “Victim, Persecutor, Rescuer” Merry-go-Round
You know how when things are not going your way and you look for someone to blame? We all do that at times. Our brain just naturally...
Dr. Vin
Sep 11, 20173 min read
Getting Pulled into the Storm
Recently, severe weather like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma has wreaked havoc in the lives of humans in this globally warming world....
Dr. Vin
Sep 5, 20173 min read
Taking Baby Steps
Today I was on Facetime with my daughter and her 14 month old baby boy. On the screen I watched him walk 3 steps, then plunk back down on...
Dr. Vin
Aug 28, 20173 min read
Limit Setting Tips for Raising Teens
As young children, we were like a little flock of geese following my parents around gleefully. Then we older ones became teenagers and a...
Dr. Vin
Aug 21, 20172 min read
When Dark Shadows Cover the Light: Lessons from Listening
I felt compelled last week to write about the rise of Neo-Nazis and the damage they did in the streets of Charlottesville and to the...
Dr. Vin
Aug 15, 20174 min read
How Can You Hate Me When You Don’t Even Know Me? Communicating in Troubled Political Times
“Returning Hate for Hate multiplies hate, adding a deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars…” MLK Jr. Messages that "only love...
Dr. Vin
Aug 8, 20173 min read
Making Tough Conversations Easy: Cutting Edge Communication Tools
I was getting my hair cut this week, when my hairdresser said she was exhausted due to staying up late at nights, listening to a friend...
Dr. Vin
Jul 31, 20173 min read
The Gift of Being Present in Good Times and Bad
“Empty yourself of rigid vibrations of past and future. It is only in the present you can know the universe, it’s magic and love.”...
Dr. Vin
Jul 25, 20174 min read
Egg-cellent Restaurant Etiquette: Tips for Avoiding Communication Scrambles
This article is not about knowing what fork to use at a nice restaurant. Although the answer is to start from the outside and go in...
Dr. Vin
Jul 18, 20172 min read
Bedside Manners: Communication tips for medical personnel and patients
I awoke from my (first ever) surgery due to an ectopic pregnancy feeling devastated at my loss of a dreamed for child. I was drowning in...
Dr. Vin
Jul 12, 20173 min read
Communication Tips for Travelers
We are 6 days into a loosely organized road trip to visit family and friends, driving along the coast of California and up to Oregon. So...
Dr. Vin
Jul 4, 20173 min read
Online etiquette from a Boomer Lost in Tech Space
My daughter is a millennial and as a non-tech savvy Boomer, I totally rely on her when I get lost online. This week she invited me to a...
Dr. Vin
Jun 27, 20173 min read
Relationship Booster Shot: Upping the dosage of positivity with others
Even strong relationships can benefit from increasing positive interactions. This is true at home, with friends, or at work. Too much...
Dr. Vin
Jun 21, 20174 min read
Wonder Woman: Feminism and Addiction
Dear Wonder Woman: Notes on the autopsy of Carrie Fisher The recent news that Carrie Fisher’s autopsy revealed cocaine, heroin and...
Dr. Vin
Jun 20, 20173 min read
Calming an Angry Child
You can calm an angry child. What works better than reasoning or yelling to stop an angry child (age 2 and up)? HELPING MOM, who tries to...
Dr. Vin
Jun 10, 20172 min read
Fixing your relationship after an affair...
“The topography of mistrust has such deep valleys and ragged peaked mountains.” This sentiment was spoken by a woman struggling with her...
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