The New Year is upon us and it is time for us to participate in the yearly tradition of setting new goals and listing our…
Christmas is almost here and I want to give a brief update on my “Christmas Giveaway”. Through exams (both ones I graded and ones I…
I’ll never forget the day that I realized just how real my blind spots were. If you would have asked me before that day whether…
The holiday season is upon us and whether you will stay near or go far chances are that you will be spending time with loved…
About ten years ago I was both a new mom and a new therapist wandering in the desert that is known as Fresno, California. I…
I have a confession to make. I have always struggled over the way we talk about thanksgiving (the attitude, not the holiday). I am not…
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I have been wondering how I will keep up this little self-challenge tomorrow (Day 8) since we will be with family…
Only I would start a challenge like “The Great Christmas Giveaway” on THIS week coming up on THIS weekend. My husband, who is a pastor,…
So this is probably not what you think it will be. I was a little devious sneaky misleading mischievous with the title of this blog…
One of a few posts in a short series on thanksgiving. It is so easy to get stuck, to feel trapped, to feel hemmed in…
The first in a short series of posts on thanksgiving. Every adult likely has a story about the time they got in trouble the WORST. …
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
Satisfaction versus hunger, it is one of Scripture’s many paradoxes. On the one hand, there is a certain satisfaction or contentment that we are expected…
In the second chapter of Deuteronomy: Then the LORD said to me, “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn…
I have what I think is a fairly bold proclamation to make. I am done with the fairy tale metaphor. I don’t want it. I…