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By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. With 2021 coming to a close, many are looking ahead to what 2022 will bring. And, while there are always things outside of our control (e.g., COVID-19 ending), coming up with some personal New Year’s resolutions, can be a fun and productive way to start the year. Sure, we’ve all heard…
Ask Dr. Mike By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. The Great Resignation, a term coined by organizational psychologist, Dr. Anthony Klotz, characterizes the trend in which large numbers of employees have quit their jobs from Spring of 2021 to the present. It’s believed that the trend is due to many factors in response to COVID-19 including burnout,…
By Michael Oberschenider, Psy.D. The global pandemic has made the last year and a half very difficult for many; the pandemic has forced numerous adjustments and compromises on us, and the death toll in the US alone is tragically closing in on 740,000 deaths. Yes, we have a vaccine, and yes positive new cases…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. Our children are back in school, and everything’s great, right? Yes and no. Sure, there are plenty of positives to being in school again – our children can access academic material better, receive more personalized and direct instruction, form and maintain bet- ter connections, and they are less distracted. While research…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. Dear Dr. Mike, I have been divorced for 18 months. It wasn’t an ugly split, and my ex-husband and I share custody of the children. He gets them three consecutive days, and I get them four consecutive days. The kids, ages 5 and 8, at first thought it was fun to…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. With the start of the school year just weeks away, so many children are beginning to look forward to returning to class. However, the numerous uncertainties, unanswered questions and unknowns about what school will be like this year, alongside the significant life changes and adjustments of the past 16 months, has…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. As a global pandemic, COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the world. To date, there have been close to 180 million total cases, and the virus has tragically taken the lives of over 3.8 million people. Regardless of one’s personal experience with COVID-19, for the past 15 months, the…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. “Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.” – Eleanor Roosevelt The Canadian…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. As a psychologist, I frequently work with children and teens involved in competitive team sports, and while there are certainly advantages to being a great athlete, there can also be a number of challenges. The Good The positives of youth sports are manifold. Research studies have shown that highly athletic children…
By Michael Oberschneider, Psy.D. “Yes Day!” is a recent movie that involves a mom and dad that usually say “no” to their children, but agree to a 24-hour period where their children get to do whatever they want (with some reasonable ground rules). The family goes on an adventure with all sorts of twists and…