January 13, 2023

Have you noticed that children act like their parents or caregivers, when they take the role of adult in games of make believe and reflect their observations? If they are exposed to angry conversations of adults, that is how they play their roles in the games. The game settings and rules are based on their [&he

January 11, 2023

We all know stress is the enemy. Stress knocks down our immune system, gives us chronic pain and diseases, makes us angry and changes us in ways we don’t want. We also know that the cause of our stress could be anything – work, finances, family life, unrealistic expectations, a cluttered home, to name a [&h

January 4, 2023

When I decided to relocate back to Istanbul, I thought at first that all I needed was two suitcases like I had when I moved to New Jersey as a graduate student decades ago. I had this romantic desire to retrace my path in the reversed direction without extra baggage. Why not start a minimalist life where my roo