Lisa Firestone

What's Behind Emotional Overeating?

Lisa Firestone | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Nutrition, Addiction, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Obesity, Diet, Overeating, Lisa Firestone, Emotional Wellness, Stop Emotional Eating, Emotional Health, Emotional Eating, Emotional Binge Eating, Healthy Living News

By taking action on a physical level and taking interest on an emotional level, we can re-establish our relationship with food, with our bodies, with our past, and with ourselves as a whole.

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Is "Sexting" Cheating You Out of Real Intimacy?

Lisa Firestone | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Sexting, Social Media, Pat Love, Relationships, Internet, Marriage, Fear of Intimacy, Twitter, Technology, Love, Facebook, Lisa Firestone, Intimacy, Women News

There is a good, sound argument for how technology can bring two people together. Countless couples have now met, married, forged unions, and had chil...

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Give Yourself a Retreat: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Esalen Institute, Lisa Firestone, Self-Help, Retreat, Healthy Living News

As any of you still shopping for that perfect present for that certain someone knows, this time of year is designed for thinking about others. Thoug...

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How to Become Your Best Self

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New Years Resolutions, Lisa Firestone, Happiness Tips, Happiness, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for the free Dec. 2 webinar Reflections on a New Year: How to Become Your Best Self The month of December is not only a tim...

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How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Good Parenting, Parenting, Tantrums, Lisa Firestone, Healthy Living News

Resolving your past can make you a better parent Join Dr. Lisa Firestone for the Nov. 16 webinar "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children" When i...

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How to Raise an Emotionally Healthy Child

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychalive, Child Health Day, Raising Children, Parenting, Children's Emotional Health, Children's Health, Lisa Firestone, Parents, Healthy Living News

From the moment our children are born and the doctor takes them to be weighed, measured and bundled, their health becomes one of our very highest pr...

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How to Fight Breast Cancer's Hidden Enemy

Lisa Firestone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fighting Breast Cancer, Critical Inner Vioce, Surviving Breast Cancer, Positive Thinking, Psychalive, Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer, Lisa Firestone, Negative Thinking, Home News

One of the scariest experiences in a woman's life is being told, "I'm sorry, you have breast cancer." From this moment forward, nothing in her world...

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The CPR for Preventing Suicide

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Suicide, Depression, Military Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Lisa Firestone, Healthy Living News

With September 5-11 marking National Suicide Prevention Week, I would like to use this blog to encourage everyone to learn the CPR to prevent suicid...

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The Perfect Family Vacation - Why We Are Not There Yet

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lisa-Firestone, Travel, Good Parenting, Parenting, Family Vacations, Parents, Healthy Living News

Family vacations have long been the subject of sitcoms and PG comedies, each following more or less the same predictable plotline: hopeful parents f...

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The "Poor Sandra" Syndrome: Overcoming the Real Pain of Break Ups, Affairs and Public Rejections

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jesse James Affair, Relationships, Sandra Bullock, Break Ups, Lisa-Firestone, Cheating, Affairs, Sandra Bullock Jesse James Split, Healthy Living News

I don't need to tell you how the media has reacted to the shocking and strangely circumstanced affairs of Jesse James. You can't buy your weekly groce...

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Evicting The "Obnoxious Roommate" Living in Your Head

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lisa-Firestone, Self-Esteem, Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Inner Voice, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

I scanned the sea of black-robed 20-somethings for my sister's familiar face. As I glanced over each aisle, I noted the beaming expressions of the s...

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Military Suicide: A New Battle to Save Lives Must Begin

Lisa Firestone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa-Firestone, Military Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Soldiers, Army, Military, Impact News

In a March 1 blog, Time Magazine's Joe Klein reported that "during the month of January, more soldiers committed suicide (24) than were killed by en...

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What Is Really Behind the Current "Over-Parenting" Syndrome?

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Child Development, Over-Parenting, Psychology, Child Rearing, Parenting, Helicopter Parents, Lisa Firestone, Parents, Healthy Living News

But when we do the opposite, when we hover over our children, although we are physically present, we are cut off from feeling their true vulnerability and love.

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