Last week, someone I just met asked me, “Why did you become a therapist?” The words, “I don’t know” flew out of my mouth. “You don’t know?” he said indignant. But I paused to think. I thought about all the volunteering I had done in high school that led me from wanting a career in […]
How do I love thee, let me count the ways 1. Make time for yourself to lie down and connect with the earth Whether I can be outside or not, lying down supine on the earth is my favorite position to forgive. To let everything go, I just imagine it falling into the earth. If
Curious about why we cry? I wish I had a dime for anytime someone apologized for crying in front of me in counseling. As if they were offending me. (More likely, offending themselves.) Why do we shame ourselves for something that can be such a biological relief to our parasympathetic nervous system? Why do we–all
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These are the 10 things I love about life: 1. Listening. This weekend Reverend Mary told a story about a farmer who went to visit his nephew in the city. They were walking along the street and the farmer said, I hear a cricket. The nephew was amazed, disbelieving, but they looked around and