The Blog - Mel Schwartz

Few things in life are more pivotal than a shift of mind. This profound experience catalyzes defining moments that enable you to embark on exciting new paths. The following articles are devoted to that purpose.

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Nurture Yourself

Your primary relationship in life is not with your spouse, your children, or with your parents or closest friend. Will you take the time to value...

What In the Hell Do We Mean By…

Are you sure you know what's meant by the term "codependence?" Let's examine the word and the...

Why Limit Yourself to a Therap…

Searching for a therapist "near me" limits your options. Discover the many advantages of remote individual, marriage, and couples...

Igniting Your Change Process

You might not get to live life over, but you can change your life from this moment forward if you like... but how? Learn the techniques to break free...

Emotional Nonviolence

We've all heard about the nonviolence movement eschewing physical violence. In this article, I make the case for emotional nonviolence, and show how...

The Perils of Progress

There's no question human beings have progressed across the centuries... but are we advancing in the ways that truly enrich and enhance our...

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Low Self-Esteem: A Missed Diag…

According to the National Institute of Health, one in every two Americans will ultimately be diagnosed with some form of mental illness. What’s

Diagnosis Disorder

I would like to propose a new disorder for the American Psychiatric Association to consider in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Making New Year’s Resolution…

Year after year, we make New Year’s resolutions that over time wither and fade into failed attempts to transform some aspect of our lives. The

When Doing the Best You Can Be…

Is it always a good idea to do the best you can do? This question came up recently in a therapy session and catalyzed me to look more deeply into the

Turning Crisis into Opportunit…

Crises come into our lives, no matter how we may try to avoid them. They are troubling, unwanted experiences or events that take us out way out of

Collapsing The Wave: Creating …

Some of the remarkable discoveries from quantum physics can be adapted to help us break free from the groove of our past and unleash real change in

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Why Acting Strong is Actually …

A troubling theme that I come across in my work as a therapist -- and in my observation of people in general -- is the belief that we should always

Raising Resilient Children

As parents, no matter how devoted and nurturing we may be, our children often struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and a host of other

Overcoming Anxiety: Turning Yo…

Overcoming Anxiety A LIVE Interactive Videoconference Learn to turn your thoughts into your ally! 3 Wednesday evenings — 7:15-8:30 PM

Rethinking Anxiety

When a dysfunction such as anxiety – or depression, for that matter – becomes so commonplace, we must turn to our culture, which is our aggregate

Low Self-Esteem: A Missed Diag…

According to the National Institute of Health, one in every two Americans will ultimately be diagnosed with some form of mental illness. What’s

Is Our Society Manufacturing D…

An Epidemic of Depression Our society is in the throes of a virtual epidemic of depression. The numbers are quite staggering. More than twenty

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The 5% Rule — Breaking T…

Early in my career as a therapist, I found myself feeling frustrated in my ability to assist a couple with whom I was working. They were

Mastering Your Communication S…

Mastering your Communication Skills: Breaking Through to the Other Side A Real-Time, Interactive, Online Workshop To enjoy resilient

For the Sake of the Children

I’ve often heard people in conflicted and unhappy marriages claim that they are staying together for the sake of the children. Their implied

Raising Resilient Children

As parents, no matter how devoted and nurturing we may be, our children often struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and a host of other

Shared Meaning

We take for granted that our words convey exactly what we intend them to. This is a particularly misinformed assumption. I have observed that upon

To excel or to have fun? That …

I was recently having a conversation with a young man about his passion in certain sports. As we talked further it became very evident that he would

Getting Unstuck: Overcoming An…

In any given year approximately 40 million Americans will suffer from a debilitating encounter with anxiety. Over the course of your lifetime,

Raising Resilient Children

As parents, no matter how devoted and nurturing we may be, our children often struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and a host of other

Overcoming Anxiety: Turning Yo…

Overcoming Anxiety A LIVE Interactive Videoconference Learn to turn your thoughts into your ally! 3 Wednesday evenings — 7:15-8:30 PM

Rethinking Anxiety

When a dysfunction such as anxiety – or depression, for that matter – becomes so commonplace, we must turn to our culture, which is our aggregate

Low Self-Esteem: A Missed Diag…

According to the National Institute of Health, one in every two Americans will ultimately be diagnosed with some form of mental illness. What’s

A Radical Reality

To this day, quite possibly the most provocative, if not astounding, discovery of modern science remains relatively obscure to the general public.

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Quantum Relationship: Keeping …

The experience of falling in love is altogether reminiscent of what in quantum physics is known as entanglement. In the microscopic realm once two

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Countless people struggle with the answer to this most daunting question. As our relationship hangs on the precipice of making this decision, how we

The 5% Rule — Breaking T…

Early in my career as a therapist, I found myself feeling frustrated in my ability to assist a couple with whom I was working. They were

Mastering Your Communication S…

Mastering your Communication Skills: Breaking Through to the Other Side A Real-Time, Interactive, Online Workshop To enjoy resilient

For the Sake of the Children

I’ve often heard people in conflicted and unhappy marriages claim that they are staying together for the sake of the children. Their implied

Are We Really Speaking about t…

How often have you felt frustrated in conversations as if you were each talking about a different thing? That's because you were... To experience

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Staying Resilient and Manifest…

Wednesday 05/13/2020 3:00 PM - 4:15 EDT This event will be recorded and sent to registrants Sliding scale fee: $30.00, $40.00, $50.00 To

Don’t Personalize Your Partn…

They may impact you but they may not be about you Our close personal relationships often feel like we’re under a microscope, as we examine, react

Turning the Tide Of Negativity…

I find it troubling that our inclination toward criticizing one another, particularly in familial or committed partnerships, overwhelms our

Our Words Matter

I've been struck by how often our words fly by each other without any real sincerity to them. Have you noticed how punctuated and meaningless our

Change a Word—Change Your Li…

Many years ago, I’d often fall into a recurring disagreement with my former wife. At bedtime I’d frequently find myself saying, “It’s hot in

Do you Have Real Conversations…

For the most part we rarely engage in genuine conversations with one another. We rely upon formatted questions and answers that we exchange with each

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Collapsing The Wave: Creating …

Some of the remarkable discoveries from quantum physics can be adapted to help us break free from the groove of our past and unleash real change in

Breaking Free from Your Comfor…

Our Most Intimate Relationship The most intimate relationship we will have in our lives is not with our parents, our spouses, our children or

What Is a Mistake?

My previous post, “The Problem with Perfection,” unraveled some of the mythology and beliefs about notions of perfection that limit and impede

What is Emergent Thinking?

What I have come to call Emergent Thinking® is a process that began for me nearly eighteen years ago. I had been experiencing very significant life

Beyond the mind-body connectio…

People who are holistically minded often refer to the mind-body connection. They are suggesting that they have discovered a conduit between our

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What Informs Your Belief?

While I was in the midst of delivering a somewhat provocative talk on the subject of change, a gentleman in the audience indicated that he had a

Getting Past the Right or Wron…

In the previous post we looked at how dominant the motif of seeking to be right is in our culture. It is one of the most singular influences on our

Why Is it so Important to Be R…

One of the most prevalent – and damaging – themes in our culture is the need to be right. It’s one of those essential memes that we take for

The Paradox of Confidence

As with many goals that we struggle to attain, we tend to go after them in a way that blocks our success. Quite often I find that individuals who

Coming into Balance

A few summers ago I broke my foot, the fracture occurring as I missed a step on my front porch. The break occurred on the outside part of my foot —

Does Familiarity Breed Contemp…

The expression "familiarity breeds contempt" is all too familiar. Yet, as the case with many common sayings, we might benefit from taking a look at

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