I’ve now been a parent for 18 years–WOW, RIGHT? I’ve also been a Pediatric Psychologist for longer than that, working with children ages 2-18 and their parents. I am not sure what has been my greatest learning experience: the thousands of families I have worked with or having to handle my own two children. WhatContinue reading “It’s Not About Me. My New Parenting Mantra.”
Author Archives: Dr. Elena Mikalsen
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Book Tour
The House by the Cypress Trees start the blog and Instagram tour on 8/26/19. For the full schedule, please see Suzy Approved Book Tours
Book Spotlight: THE ESCAPE ROOM by Megan Goldin
MY REVIEW The story pulls you in, keeps you trapped and on the edge of your seat (on in my case–in my bed, up all night). The setting is an elevator inside an empty luxury tower, the characters are investment bankers who are forced to solve clues and look into their pasts. What could goContinue reading “Book Spotlight: THE ESCAPE ROOM by Megan Goldin”
Book Spotlight: THE EAST END by Jason Allen
If only he could write as he saw things, maybe this place wouldn’t be so bad, though each time he’d put pen to paper and tried to describe these solo hours at the ocean, or anything else, the words remained trapped behind locked doors deep inside his head. Sitting on his heels, he reached up and pressed the faint bruise below his right eye, recalling the fight last weekend with that kid from North Sea and how each of them had been so quick to throw punches…
Elena Mikalsen, Ph.D. Author/Psychologist 