New Year’s Resolutions: Do you make them? Do you love them? Do you hate them? Why do we make them?
New Year’s Resolutions: Yay or Nay?
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Beautiful Sorrow
I have been looking at photography pictures and different photographers the last few weeks, which I love because each of their perspectives on people, things, animals, settings, etc. are all different. I found a project that involved filling people’s physical scars,...
Healthy Conflict
I know, right? What a yucky topic: conflict. You might be saying, “I don’t like conflict!” Not many people do. It’s just uncomfortable and many folks are straight-up conflict avoidant. Besides, how could conflict be healthy? Isn’t conflict bad, and aren’t we all...
Confident Humility
Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? How can confidence and humility live together in the same phrase? That is exactly what I want to discuss today. Make yourself a cup of your favorite beverage and let’s tackle this unusual, seemingly oppositional idea. I want to...
Shut The Frau Up!
Pardon the play on words, but it really is the perfect title for this post! I promise by the end, you will understand why I chose it. I was thinking this week about the “voices” we humans hear in our heads. No, this is not a schizophrenic or delusional thing I am...
Chameleons
Chameleons are probably not a subject you would ever think I would blog about, right? No, I’m not taking a turn for veterinary science or lizardology. I mean, what is a therapist wannabe gonna say about chameleons or anything else in the wild kingdom? Today we are...
What’s So Amazing About Grace?
What’s So Amazing About Grace? is actually the name of a book authored by Philip Yancey. Back when I was going through my divorce a few years ago, it was extremely important to me to be able to leave it without any leftover resentment or anger. I didn’t want any...
Two Sides Of The Same Coin
I had a client ask me one time, “Where does peace come from?” You see, I have a mug in my office that has a saying on it about peace, and I think it captures the feeling that most everyone that comes to therapy is looking for…it reads: “Peace. It does not mean to be...
The One You Feed
A friend of mine posted this on our friends newsgroup, and I thought it fit quite well into what I posted on last week. Check it out: An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son, there’s a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. He is anger, jealousy,...
Black, White, or Gray?
I was visiting after our staff meeting today with one of my collegues, Jenn Lance, and she said something that stuck with me. She said, “I can see other people in shades of gray, but most times I only see myself in black or white.” Hmm. I had to agree that...