Did you know that in order to become a butterfly, that a caterpillar must first literally digest itself? The transformation of the butterfly is one of nature’s most amazing feats, but it is not easy and sounds rather painful doesn’t it? Just like butterflies, when…

Carl Rogers is one of the fathers of humanistic psychology and big proponent of having an unconditional positive regard towards clients. One of the reasons that this quote speaks to me is that it acknowledges the fluidity of human experience. In American culture we tend…

This is why wishing to simply forget the past does not work. If we ignore it or sweep it under the rug, we fail to learn the lesson and it will keep coming back to us in different ways until we learn what it is…

Thank you to those of you who are following me, I am so grateful for each and every one of you. II am forever grateful and thankful to the wonderful people that I work with. You have chosen to share your stories and your pain…

This week is Transgender Awareness Week and today  is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  This day was started by trans activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith in 1999. It is a day we memorialize those in the transgender communities who have been murdered as a result of…

Inhale the future, exhale the past. This quote speaks to me on several levels. The first is that it address the desire that most of my clients comet to me with, which is the desire to learn to let go of their past. When you…