This is an invitation to disconnect from all external distractions and reconnect with your most powerful source: YOU. As I said in last month’s blog, every month throughout 2020 I’m going to post a piece of writing without weaving it into a bigger theme or placing context around it. Read the selection and pay attention…
This is an invitation to disconnect from all external distractions and reconnect with your most powerful source: YOU. As I said in last month’s blog, every month throughout 2020 I’m going to post a piece of writing without weaving it into a bigger theme or placing context around it. Read the selection and pay attention…
This is an invitation to disconnect from all external distractions and reconnect with your most powerful source: YOU. As I said in last month’s blog, every month throughout 2020 I’m going to post a piece of writing without weaving it into a bigger theme or placing context around it. Read the selection and pay attention…
This is an invitation to disconnect from all external distractions and reconnect with your most powerful source: YOU. As I said in last month’s blog, every month throughout 2020 I’m going to post a piece of writing without weaving it into a bigger theme or placing context around it. Read the selection and pay attention…
Recently, a friend nominated me to participate in the FaceBook Book Challenge. I agreed to do it and, per the instructions, posted a new book cover everyday for seven days without any explanations or other words to explain my selections. I loved taking a few extra moments each day to think about which books were…
For the past year I’ve used this blog space to share whatever it is that has made me feel inspired. My hope, as I said in January, was that at least a sliver of what I found illuminating would also serve to illuminate you. I continue to hold that hope with this last installment for…
Many years ago I made a green bean casserole for my family’s Thanksgiving dinner. I’m not sure what compelled me to make it, but, no matter, it came out of the oven looking like the picture on the “Classic Green Bean Casserole” recipe I’d found and followed, and I was happy. After the meal was…
In the spirit of Halloween and the fun of pretending to be someone or something other than ourselves, I’m writing this as if I were Glinda the Good Witch holding her magic wand. With just one wave of my wand, the option to engage in any of the self-sabotaging tricks described in the image below…
Every industry uses its own special lingo to describe certain processes/functions. Some examples you might be familiar with: Real Estate: Curb appealMedical: EventCulinary: Flavor profileEntertainment: CallbackFinancial: Cash flow In the therapeutic world, we have a few of our own: transference, projection, shadow, and, everyone’s favorite: “How does that make you feel?”. Even therapists can poke…
Dr. Barry Schwartz wrote a book called “The Paradox of Choice”. In it, he discusses how too many choices can actually increase feelings ofanxiety, depression, and loneliness. I see the reality of this phenomenon play out in my practice all the time: college students wondering which major to choose, singles deciding which dating app to…