Cliff Heegel Ph.D.

On Being a Survivor:  My Thoughts by anonymous (Actually by a strong voice within me that spoke this day – I wrote quickly for this voice doesn’t speak very often for it is yet a faint, foreign whisper.) “Survivor” – just the word itself brings to my mind a bedraggled, hungry, exhausted, physically and emotionally [...]

A lot of people who come to my office ask me “Where should I start?” As with most questions, the answer is “That depends”. The answer depends on where YOU want to go. That’s right, it is up to you. There is no answer that is always right. There is no authority figure, no book, [...]

Some helpful one-liners to remember– Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand. Short version of the Serenity Prayer: Lighten up. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problems at once. The lesson I must learn is simply that my control is limited to my own [...]