What is it that is so unique/special about a therapy room? What is it that makes people come for the first appointment and then keep on coming back? I am often asked those questions. The follow-up questions to my response is then something along the lines of: “Why not just talk to a friend or a loved one about what Read more…
I rarely raise my voice. Usually, if I do, it is when I am driving alone in my car (okay, with others too) and someone cuts me off in traffic. You can probably guess where I am going with this. I raised my voice this week. Only for a minute…but it happened. I felt so helpless and trapped and believed Read more…
There have been many conversations on this blog about changing selves and growth. Many factors contribute to change: environment, people, travel, pain, and emotions in general. But the focus has largely centered on the individual self and not as much on how change affects relationships as a result. I’m very aware of my own fluid change and shifting identity and Read more…
23 years ago today, my brothers were born. It was not until recently (within the past few years) that I realized the significance of this day. My relationship with each of my brothers has evolved from that of squabbling siblings to becoming each other’s confidantes, friends, and family. I do not know what I would do without them in my life Read more…
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. ~The Koran A researcher in France recently published a paper on flowers and their ability to convey romance. He had a young man in a mall asking women for their phone number. The young man did this either in a flower shop, a cake shop, or a women’s shoe Read more…
