As I wait for the bagel dough to rise, I should use this time efficiently—especially since inspiration is knocking at the door. Let’s get into it. Relationships can thrive or survive. Clients come telling tales of the ones they’re in that are barely breathing, often confused by the whys and hows of what got themContinue reading “For the Love of Relationships”
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The Not So Holy Grail
Today, a session reminded me of the assumptions and projections we create when we lack information. I think back to October of ’24, post cross-country move, when up was down and down was up. I didn’t know it then, but I wasn’t coping well. I was buried in my phone for hours on end, too-stiffContinue reading “The Not So Holy Grail”
Outlook Not So Good
“There was a code brown at the Y today.” Although I don’t think Dave mentioned the pool’s color system, I’m no dummy. “So what do they do if it’s not solid,” I ask when a cloudy, peanut-y mess comes to mind. “Well, there’s a vacuum with a big tube thing.” Which I ponder, but IContinue reading “Outlook Not So Good”
Catch Me If You Can
Trust is a cat and mouse game of peek-a-boo. It’s an acrobatic leap into the air. And the unknown, we fling ourselves. A catch me if you can, can you? Some counseling sessions seem to twist the trust volume up to an ear-shielding pitch. And as a counselor, I get caught in its losing battlesContinue reading “Catch Me If You Can”
An Opening
Are there things that act like a weighted straightjacket in your mind – things that get put off – and remind you of your stuckness and failures? I do, and one of them is writing in my book. I stopped writing in it about a month ago, and since that time, thinking about doing soContinue reading “An Opening”