What if I told you there was a single tool or habit you could employ in nearly every area of your life to help you reach your goals, big and small. Would you want to know it? And would you do it? One of the guiding principles of my methods as a therapist is the power of repetition. If you … Read More
Depression- The Cause and Cure
Depression is really all about not feeling good enough. It is also down to not following our hearts desire and having the life we want and thus, being full of regrets for the things we did not do which brings on apathy inertia. Catherine Zeta Jones and the cricketer Michael Yardy have both been in the news suffering from debilitating … Read More
Seasonal Affective Disorder- Ask Marisa How to Combat
Seasonal Affective Disorder AKA SAD This week I got a question on Twitter about something I imagine a lot of people are beginning to experience, perhaps even unknowingly: seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. This is a fitting acronym as many people feel a general sense of sadness when they’re experiencing this condition, people also refer to it as winter depression. … Read More
Reverse Anxiety- the symptoms of an anxiety attack
Reverse Anxiety I get a lot of mail and requests about how to reverse anxiety attacks. For one thing, many people don’t know if the symptoms they’re actually experiencing —such as dry mouth, elevated heart rate, sweating, and shakiness— are the symptoms of an anxiety attack or something else entirely. They want to know both how they can combat those symptoms in the … Read More
Feeling Depressed? Enjoy Autumn Without Bingeing
Autumn is such a lovely time of year filled with changing weather, changing colours, and this week—Halloween—which of course involves loads of candy and sweet treats. I write in my book, You Can Be Thin, about the problem of associating unhealthy foods with celebratory or positive times of year like holidays, as it makes us feel like not having those foods … Read More
Panic Attack Treatment- Marisa Peer Success Stories
Panic Attack Treatment, what worked for Mila? One of the best parts of my job is hearing feedback from all the people I help. Hardly a week goes by where I don’t get a tweet, email, or Facebook message from a reader, fan, or follower telling me about the amazing progress they’ve made in their life—whether it be weight loss, depression, … Read More
Depression Treatment – anti-depressants aren’t always the answer
Depression Treatment A recent article in the New York Times highlighting a new study on the over-use of anti depressants caught my eye. For years I have been issuing depression treatment depressed patients without suggesting they use anti-depressants of any kind. I get patients whose other therapists and psychiatrists have tried everything—some have even been suicidal—and yet I almost always … Read More
What Causes Depression – overcoming depression
Recent studies have shown that depression is often caused by not feeling good enough. It can also be down to not following our hearts desire or having the life we want and thus being full of regrets for the things we did not do, bringing on apathy, inertia and depression. So what causes depression? Recently Catherine Zeta Jones and the … Read More