by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Jan 22, 2022 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers
Happy New Year! And what a few years it’s been for all of us, individually and collectively as we navigate this pandemic and the unknown future of it together. I am sending you all so much love from my little desk in L.A. The new year usually brings with it...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Jul 4, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
When I was pregnant with our first child, my husband and I took a Bradley birth class. Of course I had NO IDEA when I signed up that it would be all about natural, squatting, searingly painful childbirth! Word of advice, don’t just sign up for a class without doing...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Mar 25, 2021 | Expert Advice
Meet Katie and Jim. Katie is constantly critical, controlling and making demands on Jim. Feeling engulfed, he is constantly pulling away to get some space and independence. Feeling emotionally abandoned, Katie clings on tighter, causing Jim to distance more. All...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Feb 17, 2021 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
Honor is defined as “having high respect, great esteem, adhering to right standard conduct, fulfilling an obligation or keeping an agreement.” My Test Of Honor Began With Dinner My husband’s birthday is in early January, right on the heels of the holiday season. Just...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Jan 9, 2021 | Expert Advice, Featured
“It’s normal to have challenges and big feelings and you can still experience emotional freedom. It can all co-exist.” Amy McLaughlin-Margolis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Co-Founder/Director of Santa Monica Counseling in California. She...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Dec 16, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers
I love insidewink’s latest theme, Being Present. At first glance it seems so simple… “Yeah, yeah… I know how to be present… just breathe, be ‘mindful’, be here now… blah, blah, blah”. But is it really that simple? How present are we, actually? Amy...
by Amy McLaughlin-Margolis | Nov 20, 2020 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers
When I think about insidewink’s theme of Improvement, I am inspired. I am one of those people, who even on my toughest days, is always committed to being the best version of myself. But, there is something I want to share that so important for all of us to recognize…...
