For our anniversary this year, my husband and I decided to celebrate with a Star Wars marathon. Starting with Episode I, we have managed to make it through to Episode 5, and we are both anxious to see the final movie. Because it had been a while since I had seen the movies, I had forgotten how much mindfulness stands Read more…
It was the spring of 1990. My sister had just bought a trans am. It was black. It was shiny. It was the coolest thing I had ever sat my butt in. “Can I drive it?” “Are you sure you can drive a stick?” she asked. “Yeah. I drove dad’s truck.” Let me tell you, it was AMAZING! The V8 Read more…
Clients come in with various presenting issues and things they work on. It could be about a relationship, job stress, parenting, depression, anxiety, or many other relevant issues. As we work through them, I realized that one of the underlying stressors of all the aforementioned issues is fear. It could be fear of vulnerability, of a person leaving them, of not being liked, of Read more…
For Every Woman by Nancy R. Smith, copyright 1973 Courtesy of Workplacespirituality.info For every woman who is tired of acting weak when she knows she is strong, there is a man who is tired of appearing strong when he feels vulnerable. For every woman who is tired of acting dumb, there is a man Read more…
I get asked a lot by my friends, students interested in becoming a therapist, and even people I just met how I keep my work as a therapist separate from my home life. They wonder how I can hear so many problems and pain all day and not have it affect me afterward. Well, first of all, not all of Read more…
