The Blog - Mel Schwartz Mel Schwartz, LCSW About Therapy Learn With Mel Media Podcast Book Blog Contact Mel Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin-in Youtube A Shift Of Mind The Blog Few things in life are more pivotal than a shift of mind. This profound experience catalyzes defining moments that enable you to embark on exciting new paths. The following articles are devoted to that purpose. All Self Esteem Anxiety Parenting Depression Relationships Communication Quantum Perspectives New Thinking Can Our Relationship Be Repair… This very question highlights the problem One of the primary problems in relationships arises from how we envision our relationships. Conventional Read Full Post Transcending Anxiety The most important relationship you’ll ever have is with your thoughts. Thoughts script your experience of life. When thoughts attach to fear, Read Full Post The Problem with Perfection In recent years, I’ve treated increasing numbers of individuals who are driven to distraction through their pursuit of perfection. The desire to Read Full Post Make Today Your Defining Day If you struggle to change, here's your path to break free. Having endured unimaginable, horrific, life-limiting circumstances for the better part of Read Full Post Staying Resilient and Manifest… Wednesday 05/13/2020 3:00 PM - 4:15 EDT This event will be recorded and sent to registrants Sliding scale fee: $30.00, $40.00, $50.00 To Read Full Post Don’t Personalize Your Partn… They may impact you but they may not be about you Our close personal relationships often feel like we’re under a microscope, as we examine, react Read Full Post 1 2 3 … 20 Next Our Quest for Significance What would it feel like to live your life with a deep sense of meaning and purpose? Many of us long for this, but sadly few of us achieve it. Read Full Post Integrating your Intelligence … Intelligence and intuition are very different ways of knowing. We might think of them in opposing ways. Most people tend to default into operating Read Full Post Detoxing Your Mind Many people participate in cleanse programs to eliminate toxins they’ve accumulated over their lifetime. These poisons drain our vitality and Read Full Post Embracing Uncertainty to Manif… The pursuit of our personal change process often results in frustration and struggle. As much as we may fantasize new visions for our life, we tend Read Full Post Should I Stay or Should I Go? Countless people struggle with the answer to this most daunting question. As our relationship hangs on the precipice of making this decision, how we Read Full Post Living a Fear-Less Life Fear is a universal experience for virtually all of us. Perhaps there are a few exceptions to this rule, such as the Dalai Lama, but for the rest of Read Full Post Previous 1 2 3 4 … 6 Next The Problem with Perfection In recent years, I’ve treated increasing numbers of individuals who are driven to distraction through their pursuit of perfection. The desire to Read Full Post Staying Resilient and Manifest… Wednesday 05/13/2020 3:00 PM - 4:15 EDT This event will be recorded and sent to registrants Sliding scale fee: $30.00, $40.00, $50.00 To Read Full Post Overcoming Anxiety in The Time… Let's begin by looking at what we mean by the word anxiety. Anxiety is the emotional/physical response that occurs when our thoughts attach to Read Full Post Getting Unstuck: Overcoming An… In any given year approximately 40 million Americans will suffer from a debilitating encounter with anxiety. 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Even if they do Read Full Post Raising Resilient Children As parents, no matter how devoted and nurturing we may be, our children often struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and a host of other Read Full Post Shared Meaning We take for granted that our words convey exactly what we intend them to. This is a particularly misinformed assumption. I have observed that upon Read Full Post To excel or to have fun? That … I was recently having a conversation with a young man about his passion in certain sports. As we talked further it became very evident that he would Read Full Post Getting Unstuck: Overcoming An… In any given year approximately 40 million Americans will suffer from a debilitating encounter with anxiety. Over the course of your lifetime, Read Full Post Raising Resilient Children As parents, no matter how devoted and nurturing we may be, our children often struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and a host of other Read Full Post Overcoming Anxiety: Turning Yo… Overcoming Anxiety A LIVE Interactive Videoconference Learn to turn your thoughts into your ally! 3 Wednesday evenings — 7:15-8:30 PM Read Full Post Rethinking Anxiety When a dysfunction such as anxiety – or depression, for that matter – becomes so commonplace, we must turn to our culture, which is our aggregate Read Full Post Low Self-Esteem: A Missed Diag… According to the National Institute of Health, one in every two Americans will ultimately be diagnosed with some form of mental illness. What’s Read Full Post A Radical Reality To this day, quite possibly the most provocative, if not astounding, discovery of modern science remains relatively obscure to the general public. Read Full Post 1 2 Next Staying Resilient and Manifest… Wednesday 05/13/2020 3:00 PM - 4:15 EDT This event will be recorded and sent to registrants Sliding scale fee: $30.00, $40.00, $50.00 To Read Full Post Don’t Personalize Your Partn… They may impact you but they may not be about you Our close personal relationships often feel like we’re under a microscope, as we examine, react Read Full Post Relationship Resilience During… This is an ideal time to learn breakthrough communication skills Even in the best of times, dealing with relationship conflict and frustrating Read Full Post Staying Resilient Through the … All of us­ are sharing something in common. Our lives feel in upheaval of as we plunge into the chaos of the unknown. I'd like to help you Read Full Post Turning the Tide Of Negativity… I find it troubling that our inclination toward criticizing one another, particularly in familial or committed partnerships, overwhelms our Read Full Post Rethinking Relationships One of the primary problems we encounter in our relationships is due to how we envision them. Conventional advice regarding relationships and Read Full Post 1 2 3 … 7 Next Breaking the Cycle of Negativi… Too often, when we encounter challenges and conflict in our primary relationships we tend to spiral down very quickly. When we’re in this down Read Full Post The Wrong Reason for Staying M… The institution of marriage should be intended to enrich our lives. Certainly we might agree that the purpose of marriage ought to be to enhance our Read Full Post 5 Principles That Unleash Your… What could be more important than acquiring a strong command of our communication? We know that these skills are essential for enjoying successful Read Full Post How are you? Many times a day we may walk past an acquaintance and say, "Hi, how are you?" The other person smiles, says, "good and you?" And we likely respond Read Full Post The 5% Rule — Breaking T… Early in my career as a therapist, I found myself feeling frustrated in my ability to assist a couple with whom I was working. They were Read Full Post Mastering Your Communication S… Mastering your Communication Skills: Breaking Through to the Other Side A Real-Time, Interactive, Online Workshop To enjoy resilient Read Full Post Previous 1 2 3 4 Next Breaking Free from Your Comfor… Our Most Intimate Relationship The most intimate relationship we will have in our lives is not with our parents, our spouses, our children or Read Full Post What Is a Mistake? My previous post, “The Problem with Perfection,” unraveled some of the mythology and beliefs about notions of perfection that limit and impede Read Full Post What is Emergent Thinking? What I have come to call Emergent Thinking® is a process that began for me nearly eighteen years ago. I had been experiencing very significant life Read Full Post Beyond the mind-body connectio… People who are holistically minded often refer to the mind-body connection. They are suggesting that they have discovered a conduit between our Read Full Post Previous 1 2 3 Rethinking Relationships One of the primary problems we encounter in our relationships is due to how we envision them. Conventional advice regarding relationships and Read Full Post “Who am I?” Is the… Many of us ask ourselves the age-old question, "Who am I?"This question presumes there might be a plausible answer, as if our identity could- or Read Full Post Why New Year’s Resolutio… At this time of year many of us make New Year’s resolutions that over time wither and fade as we try vainly to transform some aspect of our Read Full Post Breaking Free From the Groove … Those of us old enough to remember vinyl records-notwithstanding their recent comeback-might recall that when there was a scratch on the album, the Read Full Post Getting Unstuck: Overcoming An… In any given year approximately 40 million Americans will suffer from a debilitating encounter with anxiety. Over the course of your lifetime, Read Full Post Change a Word—Change Your Li… Many years ago, I’d often fall into a recurring disagreement with my former wife. At bedtime I’d frequently find myself saying, “It’s hot in Read Full Post Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 15 Next Our struggle with change is due to us being imprisoned by old thoughts. ABOUT THERAPY MEDIA PODCAST BLOG CONTACT MEL Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin-in Youtube Zoom Courses Coming Soon! Be the first to know when my Zoom courses on overcoming anxiety start, by filling out your email address in the box below. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Email * Submit X Zoom Courses Coming Soon! Be the first to know when my Zoom courses on raising resilient children start, by filling out your email address in the box below. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Email * Submit X Zoom Courses Coming Soon! Be the first to know when my Zoom courses on developing authentic self-esteem start, by filling out your email address in the box below. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. 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