Optimism: How To Avoid Negative Thinking

BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2001. …in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. Anne Frank, 1944 Have you ever wondered why some people feel down and defeated when faced with difficult situations, while others feel...

Feelings: Identifying How You Feel

BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2002. Identifying how you feel can sometimes be confusing. You know that you’re feeling something, but may not know exactly what. To start, it can be useful to distinguish between primary and secondary emotions. According...

The Inner Critic: Accepting Ourselves

BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2002. Do you feel like you’re your worst critic? Do you find yourself criticizing your body, intelligence, clothes, ability to do your job, and just about anything about yourself? We all have that voice inside, the one that...

We Need Our Feelings

BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2003. Do you struggle with knowing and accepting how you feel? If you do, you are not alone. It may be the most common problem there is, and yet the single most important thing to learn. Our feelings are important because they...

Staying Free of Alcohol and Drugs

BY KALI MUNRO, M.Ed., Psychotherapist | Originally published in Choices, July 1998. For many people, getting off alcohol and other drugs is not the hardest part of overcoming an addiction. Staying off, living alcohol and drug free is. There are many reasons for this,...