A lot of emphasis is placed on firsts. First kiss, first car, first serious relationship, first job, first apartment, first house, first child…and the list goes on. I am currently standing at the front of an empty classroom waiting for my students to arrive for the first day of a research methods class. It is the first class that I have Read more…
You know that feeling of finally getting over something? You finally made it over the mountain of total discomfort and hurt and your emotions are starting to settle in a meadow of fresh air, peace, and contentment. Then one day while walking around as usual you somehow find yourself back on that same mountain top and, oh wait, it is Read more…
Some people picture therapy as largely consisting of talking and then being asked, “How do you feel about that?” Before becoming a therapist, I used to laugh along with those people and think it was a myth. Surely, there was a lot more to therapy. Turns out, I would be asking that question, not just once, but many times. It Read more…
Yesterday the heavens opened and the sky poured. Not all day, but in shifts. Sometimes it rained lightly, a soft pattering against the window; whispering to you that a rainbow would soon grace us as all. Other times, the rain drenched the earth–and if you were sitting on a covered porch like I was, raindrops bounced off the breeze offering Read more…
I worry. I’m really good at it. You give me a topic, and I can name a dozen ways to worry about it. Money. Work. Family. Pets. Children. Past mistakes. Worrying is called a lot of things, such as stress, anxiety, butterflies, jitters, and so on. The reality is that worry is everywhere, and I contribute a lot of it. Read more…
