Not to let the tainted tears drop and wane
My father used to read me a story before bed every night. My day’s most eagerly anticipated moment was then. Not just the stories, but also his time and affection, …
My father used to read me a story before bed every night. My day’s most eagerly anticipated moment was then. Not just the stories, but also his time and affection, …
Every day, you go through a cycle of habits and behaviors that influence your brains in such a way that you learn new things from those encounters. Mostly you force …
When I was younger, everyone in my family took golf lessons. My father would worry about which golf professional he should study with, trying to figure out if he was …
I am not attuning with my therapist, is there something wrong? Read More »
I think the most difficult part of therapy was accepting that mytherapist was on my team. The questions she asked me were not totarget me or to be mean, I …
Holding Space for Difficult Emotions : One Day At A Time Read More »
I was going to tell them precisely how I felt, but a knot in my throat, tears in my eyes, and a sinking hollow in my stomach stopped me. I …
I have been ‘sad’ for as long as I can remember. I’m sure there was a time when I wasn’t though. People tell me about how I used to be …
Smilingly, she mentioned, this too will pass away Read More »
As a young woman in her 20s, one of the frequent questions I get asked in my encounters with people is, “So, what next? What’s the plan?”. For the uninitiated, …
In the last week, I have referred a young teenager who was expressing suicide ideation. Her reason was that she had trusted a lot of people and now they were …
When death get appealing to a person when in pain, there is a way to help… Read More »