PIANO NOTES
These are my thoughts and reactions as I play the piano. I think you can recognize in them the self-talk and self-reflection we all experience as we perform and put …
FREAKED OUT ABOUT AGING
I’m assuming I’m not the only one who experiences a “Yikes!” as we age through the 50’s, 60’s and beyond. I’ll be sharing some of my thoughts, anxieties and strategies …
YOUR SURVIVAL CHILD/BOSSY GIRL
I think there is a Survival Child within each of us – the part of us that emerges with great intensity when you feel emotionally threatened. Or the part of …
LOOKING AT OURSELVES AND OUR STORIES
Who do we spend more time talking to and listening to than ourselves? Here are some self-reflections along with those I’ve heard from others about what goes on inside. Understanding …
Adjusting and Adapting: Which is More Your Style?
When one of life’s situations isn’t as you would wish, are you more likely to: Adapt yourself to the ways things are by – altering your perspective; soothing yourself by …
Therapy Observations 2
Motivation Therapy is so very often about motivation – how to get yourself to do this or stop that; or get your partner to. In recent months, I’ve seen a …
THERAPY OBSERVATIONS
These are some of the challenges and patterns from therapy sessions that I find myself thinking about: wondering what is helpful and wanting to know what others do. My Broken …
BEING ON A DIFFERENT PAGE
Being on a Different Page is a Very Difficult Situation, especially so because it is not recognized as such. The tremendous threat it holds for relationships is not realized. It …
EXQUISITE DILEMMAS
An Exquisite Dilemma is when what one partner needs is exactly what the other cannot tolerate. Tanya has a thing about “running out of stuff” or not having what she …
RAGE AND OTHER OVERREACTIONS
Toby came in today feeling baffled and ashamed of the rage episode she experienced over the weekend. Her reaction was so our of proportion to the situation, she said. She …