I went to visit an old friend recently who had “dropped off my radar”; she was not answering her phone and was not replying to her emails. And since I did not live near her anymore, I reluctantly accepted that I would have to wait for her to make contact again. When I did finally [...]
Lately, it has been more challenging for me to feel hopeful about the world in general. There is so much that seems out of my control on the global level, even though my personal life is quite stable. After hearing a CPR program “The Hidden Brain”, my takeaway was that randomness is the dominating force [...]
If you had told me forty years ago that my next career move was to become a psychotherapist, I would have laughed in disbelief. At this stage, I knew I had some emotional stuff to sort through but I had little familiarity with therapy. Where and how I grew up (in a rural town in [...]
It’s amazing how many clients have told me that they fear they are hopelessly lazy. I actually have met very few people who I would consider intrinsically lazy. It seems time to unpack the stories around this judgment, usually made only by folks themselves! As usual, I like to start with a standard definition; from [...]
Being a great fan of National Public Radio, I often get ideas for Blogs from the excellent journalists who interview fascinating people. The other day on NPR there was a book review for a writer Ross Gay whose newest offering “The Book of Delights” made me ponder on that word that I seldom hear; even [...]
Thanksgiving this year was difficult for my husband and me; my daughter traditionally has all the in-laws to her house, and still planned to, even during the Coronavirus. Although we love our in-laws, we felt that sitting down with at least 15 plus relatives during the Pandemic did not feel safe for us seniors, so [...]
So now we have been dealing with COVID for seven months or more, you are probably not looking forward to winter and your options for staying sane. Having a presidential election in the next few weeks which looks to be a conflictual time, is just another stress which some of you may be anticipating. Many [...]
What I find so interesting about the psychological principles I was trained in ( transpersonal, humanist, somatic), is the overlap between developing insight into oneself, finding self-compassion, and recognizing that this compassion can help smooth the way to connecting with others. The experience of fear, self-loathing and anxiety is not about self-acceptance or compassion. Needing [...]
So here we are in Colorado in Phase 2, eleven weeks into the COVID-19 Pandemic. How are you all doing? Everyone I talk to seems to have a somewhat different experience of managing their lives and their mental health these days. Some issues are pretty universal from what I can see; as human beings we [...]
The most anxiety-provoking aspect of living through this Pandemic has been the confusion and uncertainty of the messages I am receiving. My nervous system responds better to some definite directives that don’t contradict each other and might lead to n predictable outcome; but the messages from Federal, State, County and local authorities on whether to [...]
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