Chad David

When it comes to buying things, labels are crucial.  When it comes to people, however, labels are... risky.  When I write “label” I don’t mean categorizing people because that’s a necessary social skill.  For instance, talking to a two year old should be very different than talking to … [Read more...]

Toronto Maple Leaf fans are like a disgruntled girlfriend waiting for her proposal – they’re on edge and ruining the odds of getting what they want.  This past season was (or should have been) incredible for Leaf fans as they were division champions.  Sure they were knocked out by the Florida … [Read more...]

Last week we considered tips for dealing with stress because I recently did a speech that gave me the gift of three canker sores (but at least it wasn’t worse).  While writing the lesson, I connected with a fellow workaholic, and during our conversation I realized something I hadn’t before: … [Read more...]

The therapy company I work for recently celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary and they asked me to do a 5-10 minute speech... yeah, I don’t know what they were thinking either.  At the beginning of the evening, a friend asked me if I was ready, and my response was “Well, I grew three canker … [Read more...]

In this third and final lesson in this series on over nurturing, we’re going to look at three more ways that people can over nurture, which is based on the following scale: No Nurturing (-10)---------Healthy Nurturing (0)---------Overly Nurturing (+10) Micromanaging: Whether you’re a boss, a … [Read more...]

Please Note: My next blog will be in two weeks (i.e. early September) because I’m taking a holiday.  The following is an excerpt from the introduction I’ve written for a future book based on the theme I’ve been writing about this past year – being nice in a healthy way. Who is the best … [Read more...]

Tip: This post can be helpful even if you’re not a parent since it can give ideas for what your parents could’ve done differently (or it can help you judge bad parents with more insight).   As a therapist, arguably the most important thing I can teach parents is to relax because no … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago we looked at a scale that considered how the stereotypical married man struggles with sloth while women typically struggle with vanity.  To take this concept a step further, women often end up in a battle between vanity and nurturing.  Whether we’re naturally drawn to … [Read more...]