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Sometimes, the only way to stay alive and breathing is to pretend it never happened. Over time, you can let it in, piece by piece, but if you do it all at once, you could drown yourself in grief. Fragile Sanctuary by Catherine Cowles In…

The lyrics from Max McNown’s A Lot More Free really speaks to how it can feel once we fully accept and embrace the reality of who our parents or toxic partners are and have been. Once we have done work to let go of our…

In the Podcast Dear White Women (Episode 144), guest Shelly Tygielski says, “There’s a Buddhist proverb that says that we should tend to the areas of the garden we can reach. If we all took responsibility for tending to the areas of the garden we…

In Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer, she writes, “Sometimes I catch myself enjoying a moment, and worry I’m enjoying it too much, you know? Like somethings could come along and ruin all of this if I let myself have too much fun or get too…

This week I had a client tell me something wonderful. We were talking about a difficult situation and how he was inspired to push himself to show me how our work impacted him. When therapy is working, it shouldn’t stay in the therapy office and…

This weekend I read A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid. It’s described as “an atmospheric tale of self-discovery…with a focus on the struggles of women in a patriarchal society.” It was a well done book and towards the end is this quote, “You don’t…