Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad…
“I’m afraid he’s going to get me.” When I finally stopped to listen to the still, small voice inside my head, the one that I think has been suffering the ...
“I’ve Got This!” and Other Magical Things We’re Supposed to Say
Lately, I have been doing a lot of reading in the self-improvement genre. I just finished Gary John Bishop’s Unfu*k Yourself (2017). Before that, was Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness ...
Thank You For Being Here
Are you writing a book or is this blog… it? I’m hearing this question from more of you, so I wanted to take this time to update you on this ...
You, Just as You Are, Are Enough
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes an often-misquoted idea that “ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.” Meaning that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice can result in ...
How Do You Eat an Elephant?
Go with that. These three words comprise one of the signature phrases of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR. For people who haven’t been able to digest their traumatic experiences, ...
Finding a Monster Within – Part 2
Image by Sara Richter on Pixabay and Instagram What does anger feel like in your body? When my therapist first asked me this question, I avoided the answer. I have ...