Dear New Shrink, I have worked at my current job for the past eight months. Over this time I feel like there has been more and more gossip in my office.
Dear New Shrink, My husband is an addict. He’s been to rehab but is back on drugs again. We have two small children. I feel helpless, hurt, angry, and I am confused.
Dear New Shrink, My sister and brother are both UC students and I expected that I would also get into a UC, too. Even though we have about the same GPA and SAT scores, I am attending a local college instead.
I have a friend who constantly criticizes me. He has a very sarcastic personality so he plays it off as humor. Recently he’s been blatantly ignoring me when we are in a group situation or making me feel as if I am not welcome.
Dear New Shrink, In just two weeks my second child will be leaving for college. I am excited for this new opportunity and for him but I find myself much more anxious than when my first child went off to college.
Q: This question comes out of numerous recent discussions I have had. Why is it that we sometimes say the meanest things and hurt those we care about? Why do they do it to us? – Signed, Sorry A: Dear Sorry, This is a great question and I want to remind you that your personal information will be kept
Dear New Shrink/Katie, “I have heard that most jobs are never posted; that if I want to find a job I had better get with it and learn about networking, especially online networking.
Q: Recently I have become increasingly stressed out trying to do all of the things that are important to me. I have a career, hobby, girlfriend and social life, each of which I feel dedicated to.
As you progress through your job search you may be feeling as though there is a secret strategy you’re missing out on. Well, in fact, you may be! Networking is the most effective job search strategy.
Q: I am hoping you can help me. Over the past few months I have been feeling very tired, pretty much all the time. I have a difficult time getting out of bed in the morning and during the day do not have much energy.
Q: My 14-year-old son recently shared some disturbing information with me. He gets bullied at his junior high school. He is a very brainy kid with few friends.
“Married and Worried” wrote, “I have a question about a matter that my married friends and I have been talking about ever since it happened. Steve McNair.
