Recently, life has been trying. Like really trying. In my immediate circle we’ve had technology crashes, major work stress, minor work stress, parenting troubles, troubles with parents, and health concerns from a medical procedure that didn’t heal properly. All in the last month. I was going to talk about putting things in perspective, that we…
Category: Acceptance
Formula for Life: X Factors Welcome
Yes, there is a formula for life success. Unfortunately, it isn’t what you think. Recently I had a meeting in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. My work meeting was going to let out at just the right time for me to go do one of my favorite hikes. I am rarely in Boulder so when I am…
Original Worth
You’re not supposed to get into arguments with your clients. On a cold, crisp day in Denver just before Christmas last year, I did just that. Now if you know anything about therapy, a therapist’s job is to help a client skillfully identify patterns of behavior, explore their emotions, understand where issues came from and…
The Joy of Middle Ground
Polarizing extremes seem to be all the rage these days. I was recently in an interesting conversation in my monthly meditation group (it’s a lovely little group, run by an old friend, link at the bottom if you want more info) about this exact issue. We were talking about how we seem to be regularly…