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Category: Lionel Shockness

Ask Lionel: Mixed Feelings in the Fight Against Homelessness    

11/03/201807/26/2021 4513

At dinner the other night, my wife, Wanda, my son and I were taking turns reviewing the day’s events. Wanda, said she was feeling terrible about her handling of an earlier incident.  Wanda had started the day as she always does, with a morning ritual that includes a daily affirmation. This particular morning, she had […]

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Ask Lionel: Heal the Past, Improve the Future 

07/28/201807/26/2021 3524

I recently received an email from a reader, a 47-year old man about to turn 48, asking for advice. With his permission, the email is summarized below, followed by my reply. The man reported deep loneliness from never having had a girlfriend. He said he had sought help from counselors to no avail. “I am […]

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Ask Lionel: What Growing Older Has Taught Me About Being Young 

04/29/201807/26/2021 3710

  I recently told my physical therapist that until he brings it up, I often forget I have arthritis. The dreaded autoimmune disorder has very slowly taken residence in various parts of my body, occupying it as though it had squatter’s rights, but on days when I’m pain free, I feel like I did 30 […]

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Ask Lionel: When the Drug Epidemic Hits Home

03/13/201807/26/2021 40521 Comment on Ask Lionel: When the Drug Epidemic Hits Home

When I first entered the field of mental health in the early 1990s, I worked as an in-patient drug counselor in New York City. I led men’s groups for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. At the time, crack cocaine was killing people, destroying families and communities, and straining our systems of health, justice and law […]

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