I know I may sound like a broken record, but loss happens. It is an inevitable part of existing. Disappointment, grief, hurt, angst…all of it. It is also an inevitable reality that sometimes people get a more crummy deal than others. That is just a fact. There is no disputing it. Sometimes people lose everyone they know in a year. …
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Loss happens. In all kinds of ways. If you have gotten this far in life, and you have yet to touch noses with a palpable grief, then one day you will. It is just part of living. And if you are someone who has experienced loss on top of loss on top of more loss, just know that you aren’t …
I hate sports. I honestly don’t even understand most of the rules for any sport. But one thing I know for sure is that a goalie has ONE JOB! To block any ball from passing them by! In that sport (you know the one where goalies are); blocking that ball means protecting your teammates from losing traction in the game …
Years ending, years beginning, what does it all mean? You know what it means? It means whatever we make it mean. There is so much pressure around holidays and New Year’s Resolutions that one can walk around feeling like the biggest failure on the planet if they didn’t meet all of their 2017 goals or don’t have plans to lose …
Oh animals. They really are, in some ways, the very best. They symbolize so much to so many of us; often in ways that are so simple, yet so profound. Words can’t always aptly qualify what our animals mean to us – especially in those quiet moments when they are relentlessly loving and always there. I am a pet-loving (no…PET …
Let’s talk about sex, because, well, why not? Conversations about sex are part of therapy, and, even more; intimacy and finding that ideal connection to self — so that we might find that mutually sexual and intimate connection with another is — of course — a large part of why people seek therapy as well. One of the things I …
Not all of us have had an equitable life. In fact, some people have parents who take them on road trips and sing holiday carols and have deep, meaningful conversations with them. Others of us have fathers who do unspeakable acts of horror or moms that abandon us for the next hottest date in town. Most people aren’t bad; but …
Holidays are high pressure. Struggling with depression or grief or loneliness when you look online and on television and see others appearing full of joy and enthusiasm can make you feel ten times MORE lonely, grief-stricken and sad. I akin the holiday pressure to be stoked to see family or decorate or share positive meals with the people in your …
Last week, I was talking to a friend about how her son has a really, really hard time with failure. It is tough for him to even accept that when he is 6 years younger than the people he is competing against and has virtually no chance at winning, just, you know, logistically speaking; he still beats himself up for …