That’s it. Take a deep breath and hold it in. Count to three…let it out. Have you ever had someone say that to you? I have. Usually those words are spoken to me in the middle of chaos. In the middle of a moment/hour/day when everything feels completely outside of my control. It works. It centers me once more and leads Read more…
I need to be honest. There are times when I feel lost for words. I want so badly to write a post to capture a new thing I learned about the world or life, how I felt that week, or anything at all that you can relate to. This is one of those times. I wrote and re-wrote a first Read more…
As I sat, watching my husband lug big sheets of drywall and durock back and forth from the bathroom, I started wondering – why in the world isn’t he collapsing with exhaustion. It’s 8:00pm, and he has been working on our bathroom remodel since before he went to work (where he works on other people’s homes). And yet, he is Read more…
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”– Pema Chödrön I came across this quote quite a while ago and I recently found it again in Read more…
This past week, I attended a conference in Phoenix that focused on families. While there, I sat in on a discussion that focused on hot topics in the therapy world. Eventually, the conversation centered around the role of the therapist’s attitudes and beliefs in the therapy room. Should therapists be upfront to clients about their beliefs? Should therapists be allowed Read more…
