http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Dr.+Lara+Honos-Webb Self Help Dr. Lara Honos-Webb Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=120351&ca=Self+Help It may seem Pollyannaish to view depression as a gift. The gift of depression is its ability to wake you up and make you do something different and change your life. Fly Metaphor One time I saw a fly inside a car banging its head over and over again against a car window. It seemed as if it would in... Self Help Dr. Lara Honos-Webb Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=120345&ca=Self+Help Depression is a signal that one has gotten off track - that your life is not in alignment with your deepest needs, values, interests and gifts. What does that mean ? What track have you gotten off of? One way to think of it is to think of people you know who have obviously gotten themselves into sit... Self Help Dr. Lara Honos-Webb Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=120346&ca=Self+Help Depression can be seen as a wake up call to get you to heal your life. The symptoms can be seen as stages that guide you toward a personal transformation. In the first stage, the withdrawal that characterizes depression is reframed as necessary to effect a reorientation. When you realize something h... Parenting Dr. Lara Honos-Webb Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=77061&ca=Parenting Your child is already paying attention. The question is what are they paying attention to? Children who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder often fail to pay attention to what they are supposed to be paying attention to -- the teacher in the classroom, your instructions... Parenting Dr. Lara Honos-Webb Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=73880&ca=Parenting 1. Advocate for your child. This means you need to “spin” your child’s behavior to friends, family and teachers. Has your child’s antics been any worse than our leading politicians? Probably not. Imagine the spinmeisters on talk shows who try to get their politicians elected. Do the same for your ch...