Life Happens

Are You Listening to Me?

2012-01-17T14:00:23+00:00

By Joseph Honsberger, LCSW-C How is it that we sometimes feel unheard in our closest relationships? This is a common complaint of couples. Communication is extremely important to having a satisfying, intimate, long-term relationship. We often learn that it’s important to tell your partner how you feel or what you think, but we don’t hear … More »

Get Connected

2012-01-03T14:17:25+00:00

You have no idea how many times I’ve heard that if you’re not from Baltimore, it’s hard to find new friends, a companion and a niche. Does the fact that so many people have that experience make it true? Yes and no. As a transplant myself to this area, … More »

Knowing When to Lend a Hand

2011-12-20T13:51:19+00:00

Asking for help is something most of us don’t like to do — and something everyone has to do at some time. This is a dilemma particularly for people with disabilities and for the elderly. We seem to be more comfortable offering help to others, but it’s not always clear how … More »

Embracing the Empty Nest

2011-12-06T14:58:09+00:00

Raising children, as we know, can be much more than a full-time job. It is often a 24-7 commitment, requiring all of a parent’s physical and emotional strength, wisdom, patience and perseverance. For at least eighteen years for each child, and often longer, you have organized your life around this all-consuming job. You have raised, educated, guided, nursed, chauffeured, refereed, and provided discipline, all kinds of experiences, and financial and emotional resources. Then one day, if things go well, life happens, and… Read more

Meeting Anger with Kindness

2011-11-22T14:45:08+00:00

Often in our daily lives we come across people who are upset and angry. These encounters can leave us feeling dismayed or hurt, or feeling as if their anger transfers onto us. This recently happened to me, but I refused to let the person’s anger attach to me. I realized … a>

Can Homelessness and Hunger Be Prevented?

2011-11-08T13:52:35+00:00

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is November 14-20. By Steven Land I’ll never forget this image. I was riding the Light Rail on my way home from an Orioles game one night. As the train passed the old bus station, a line of cardboard boxes on the sidewalk came into view. Each box contained a … More »

WHAT! ME WORRY???

2011-10-25T15:25:14+00:00

It comes about so unexpectedly. You get a message through a phone call, or a statement arrives in the mail. Or, the morning when you really need to get to work for an important meeting, the engine light goes on in your car. It happens to all of us. We all … Read more…

People with Disabilities Enjoy Life!

2011-10-11T12:47:35+00:00

I often find, while working with individuals with disabilities, that they do want to get involved, meet new people and try new things, but they are apprehensive about it. Although there is a deep down desire to explore the community and new opportunities, their worries… Read more…

Changing Habits

2011-09-27T13:50:50+00:00

Why, oh why do we continue to have those nasty old habits? We all struggle to quit the bad habits in our lives, but we rarely seem to be successful. If it were easy to break a habit, people wouldn’t continue struggling with behaviors… Read more

New Beginnings: Repairing Adult Sibling Relationships

2011-09-13T12:27:22+00:00

One of the most quoted teachings in the Torah is: “You shall not take revenge and you shall not bear a grudge against the members of your people; you shall love your fellow as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18). So if we are commanded not to take revenge or hold a…Read more…