Trusting My Clients to Do The Hard Work
Ah, Autumn. It’s clearly the very best season – all crisp and cool and tweed-y. And come on, we all know that all of the best of food and fashion emerges in October. It’s also the season when, in the…
Ah, Autumn. It’s clearly the very best season – all crisp and cool and tweed-y. And come on, we all know that all of the best of food and fashion emerges in October. It’s also the season when, in the…
Yesterday I was a friend’s house helping her sort through clothing to purge in a move, and we came upon a t-shirt that read “Make Time For Fun”. The sentiment percolated throughout the day and sparked a (not wholly original)…
A somewhat personal story… Several months ago my husband and I pulled off a rather miraculous feat and paid off the last of my student loans, taking us fully out of debt, aside from our home mortgage. This was not…
Winter is not a stretchy season. It’s cold all of the time, and we’re indoors alot, and things can start to feel a little cramped. With all this time to huddle up, it’s a very good season for some intentional…
“Why? Why do I care? Why do I need to make my bed upon rising? More importantly, how can I just roll with it?” I was texting with my friend on the subject of control. Like most regular adult…
My father is the greatest singer in the world. You likely do not believe this, but that is only because you have never heard him sing. I swear to you that it’s the truth. When I was growing up, my dad…
A thought to take us into 2019 (and beyond): What if we resolve (as we tend to do at this time of year) to move into the next year doing the best that we can, for ourselves and for…
In my fifteen years as a clinician, I’ve worked predominantly with adolescents and young adults. I’ve always appreciated teenagers – there is such magic in that developmental period of trying on many different hats and identity exploration. On countless occasions,…
I have always had a terrible sense of direction. In childhood and adolescence, I frequently had my head in a book while in the car, and never paid attention to my surroundings. When it came time for me to…
Hello all! I’ve been absent from the blog recently because I’ve started blogging for Psych Central! I’m super excited about writing for them, but that does mean that they get my blogs first, and they are published here two weeks…