Cara Maksimow

Cara Maksimow, LCSW, CPC is a Clinical Social Worker, Life Coach, Speaker and Author of “Lose that Mommy Guilt, Tales and Tips from an Imperfect Mom”. Feel free to connect with Cara through twitter @CMaksimow or join Facebook group: Fill Your BAG Happy or check out Facebook pages: "Mommy Guilt" or "Maximize Wellness Counseling and Coaching". If you would like to learn more about services such as Counseling, Coaching, Groups or Workshops or check out more on her book or other products such as gratitude journals or calendar planners you can go to her website www.maximize-wellness.com

Personal Development Articles

5 Ways to Defend Yourself Against Negativity
Cara Maksimow | 4 min read
It is so easy to turn into the SNL character “Debbie Downer” when you find yourself surrounded by negativity. Whether it is from negative people or...
Personal Development Articles

5 Reasons We Shouldn’t Avoid Emotional Pain
Cara Maksimow | 5 min read
We all want to be happier, right? As a therapist, I help people focus on the positive and the good in their lives everyday. I encourage...
Personal Development Articles

10 Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World
Cara Maksimow | 6 min read
Learn how to find positivity despite the negativity that seems to be everywhere. For some of us, recent events have made it difficult to have positivity and stay...
Personal Development Articles

5 Ways To Feel Less Guilty About Your Past
Cara Maksimow | 5 min read
Guilt is defined by Wikipedia as “a cognitive or emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes – accurately or not- that he or...
Articles About Motivation

7 Ways to Maximize Your Happiness Today
Cara Maksimow | 6 min read
Happiness is one of those things everyone wants to have more of and yet we are not really sure how or what to do about it....
Personal Development Articles

How to watch the news without getting depressed & angry?
Cara Maksimow | 5 min read
Are you a news junkie? Perhaps you keep the tv news on in the background as you get things done around the house or you check...
How to Be Successful

10 Things NOT To Do If You Want To Be Happy and Successful
Cara Maksimow | 8 min read
We all want to be happy and successful in life, right? No one spends time trying NOT to be happy and successful – yet some of...
Life Advice and Skills

After The 2016 Election, What’s Next?
Cara Maksimow | 4 min read
I went early to bed last night. I was tired, cranky, and not mentally prepared for the stress of watching the poll numbers come in. I...
Personal Development Articles

Why We All Need To Take a Break from Technology…
Cara Maksimow | 7 min read
Editor’s Note: UPDATED as of October 20, 2016 for relevance and accuracy. Technology is amazing. I can order my son new sneakers, read an article about...
Personal Development Articles

15 Ways To Be More Grateful
Cara Maksimow | 7 min read
For most of us the word grateful comes up most often when we think of Thanksgiving and the holidays. If we are lucky, we start to...

Cara Maksimow

5 Ways to Defend Yourself Against Negativity

5 Reasons We Shouldn’t Avoid Emotional Pain

10 Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World

5 Ways To Feel Less Guilty About Your Past

7 Ways to Maximize Your Happiness Today

How to watch the news without getting depressed & angry?

10 Things NOT To Do If You Want To Be Happy and Successful

After The 2016 Election, What’s Next?

Why We All Need To Take a Break from Technology…

15 Ways To Be More Grateful