The writing exercise for last week asked me to look in the mirror for ten minutes. If this also isn’t in your comfort zone, you can empathize with my wanting to avoid it at all costs. But for the sake of the word, that is my god I dutifully abided. If you’re interested in playingContinue reading “Writing Exercise: The Mirror”
Author Archives: Jaclynn Loibl
Self-Actualization: 101
In “What Dreams May Come,” Robin Williams’ character descends into the most profound depth of hell to retrieve his dead wife after she commits suicide. The story is unbelievably moving, so moving that today in session, just talking about it shook my body with chills and caused me to tear up. I wonder, what makesContinue reading “Self-Actualization: 101”
A Swing Gets Swung
I’m scared that whatever mojo or black magic sorcery I summoned from the gods to write solid prose is gone. And that the all-powerful wand I wielded with the grace of Harry Potter is reduced to a piece of plastic that’s bound for the landfill. I went utterly off-script with a 16-year-old client today. IContinue reading “A Swing Gets Swung”
Gift of Therapy #2
Out of fear of being offensive or aggressive, I hold my tongue and avoid going into the heart of issues with clients. I’m not fond of this behavior in myself. Especially when I desire to respond authentically, but I feel like I can’t or don’t know how to. With most relationships, this isn’t the case.Continue reading “Gift of Therapy #2”
Rain, Rain Come Again
What’s your favorite out-of-the-blue bill to pay? I’ll start. It has to be the tabs renewal from the Department of Licensing for $419. As I scoffed at each line item, I hot potatoed through the DOL’s website to pay it as quickly as possible. Remember how I said I’d hit up the ol’ Value VillageContinue reading “Rain, Rain Come Again”
You’re So Vain
Aren’t we all doing the best we can? You might disagree, and that’d be alright cause we all know your Uncle Joe could be doing better. I tried that sentence on Dave to see if it’s funny. He gave a hearty laugh with a, “Well, yeah, that’s because I have an Uncle Joe, and heContinue reading “You’re So Vain”
Wrestling Crabs
Smelling wafts of a fishy smell coupled with crustacean shells has left me feeling a bit crabby. I’m not mad, mind you, but I am noticing a hole in my knowledge base; why all the dead crabs on the Northwest beaches? Scratch that. Google straightened me out; not dead, molted. Dungeness crabs shed their shellContinue reading “Wrestling Crabs”
It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere
I’m no zodiac follower, but is Jupiter in its West Wing or what? Have you been reconnecting and sparking up relationships you’d left smoldering in the background? I sure have, and I know others who have too. Dang, I had something formulated, but two glasses of iced Costco strawberry premixed margarita mix has my mindContinue reading “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere”
Smitten To Listen
Do you know the older radios where twisting the dial tunes in the station? I think relationships are like that; in that, you need to tune your listening and empathy skills to the different frequencies of a person in order to meet their needs. As a counselor, I know this to be accurate, as IContinue reading “Smitten To Listen”
Toddler Talk #1
A once-blank journal rests on a ledge above the piano. Once-blank, you ask? Yep, but it’s starting to fill fast. For 950 days, the “The Kids Say the Darndest Things” diary has sat waiting for Evelyn-isms to spring forth, and although it’s still far too early in the talking race, I thought I’d share a few.Continue reading “Toddler Talk #1”
Going On 40 