It’s 5:30 am. The sound of my soft, gentle alarm going off is intermingled with the screams of my almost 4 year old daughter who is telling me she already pooped herself (she’s sick) and would like to finish her BM in the toilet, which, of course, she doesn’t want to...
I have been in several situations lately where even I, as a psychologist, feel at a loss about what to say to someone. Because the pain they are experiencing is so intense. Because there’s nothing that will make it better. Because the situation...
That’s a powerful thing to say right? That there are four specific things you can do in a relationship that if done enough, over time will totally kill whatever good is there. Might sound crazy, but it’s true. For those of you who read my last post,...
Since it’s February, and not just any week in February, but the week of Valentine’s Day, it feels only appropriate to make the rest of this month about romantic love and relationships. As I previously mentioned in my introductory post, relationships are...
Well hello! My name is Dr. Colleen Cira and I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. I’m also the mother of a beautiful 2.5 year old little boy, a soon-to-be little girl, happily married to my husband and living in Chicago. I blogged awhile back as...
