“Without lines, spaces have no definition.” (Anonymous) The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein arrived on the earth two years before I did. It was a popular book to read to young people as I was growing up. My memory of those readings is dusty and unreliable, but I do remember getting the impression […]
Sandy Thoughts
“In every curving beach, in every grain of sand, there is a story of the Earth.” (Rachel Carson) Stubborn Stuff Ever notice how sand finds ways to carry itself home from the beach with you? You might find yourself puzzling over sand in your dryer lint trap long after you’ve returned from an ocean visit. […]
AIDing and Abetting: Self value
“Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” (Robert Heinlein) You’re Not Listening! One of the more common wounds we human folk tend to carry into adulthood wraps around not feeling valued or heard. It can leave us believing that we don’t matter. (Spoiler alert: It’s a […]
An Open Letter to the Not Good Enough Child
One of the most common repeated themes I’ve come across in a quarter century as a therapist is the childhood-instilled belief that we are Not Good Enough. In the limited scope of a child’s experience, the child assumes that the “big nostril people” know more than they do, so the Not Good Enough message, whether […]
The Improbable Rose
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” (Mary Ann Radamacher) Rough Terrain My husband and I are both self-employed. While there is a lot of wonderfulness that goes along with that, there’s also a tremendous amount of stress. There […]
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