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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 ...

Finding a Monster Within

“Well, I’ve noticed something.” As my therapist was wrapping up the session, I started to rub a scar above my heart as the now familiar heavy rock in my chest ...
Photo by Michael Tkach, used with permission

Canary in the Coal Mine

“I never met the man.” Five words spoken during a dinner conversation with my father. Fear, almost panic, drenches my entire body as if the waitress had just dumped a ...
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Let Go of My Lego!

“Leave his Legos out on the porch. If he behaves himself, he can spend half an hour out there on the weekends, but no more. No more video games either. ...