Category: Musings

You Got This

Last Friday we got the word from our landlord that our office needed to be temporarily relocated. And we had 9 days to get it

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Can We Re-Up?

3 Things That Will Help I just did something I’ve never done before. I turned in my completed draft for the book I’m writing to

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Life, In Person

Starting in June, I began to see some of my clients in the office. A first in nearly 16 months and…wow. My clients are beautiful.

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Reopening Ambivalence

“If I’m excited about life returning to normal, then why do I feel so tired? I mean, I’m happy but I feel so intimidated!” My

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Vaccination Superhero

  It felt very strange to be in group 1a, lumped with medical workers when I compared myself to those I deem to be essentially

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The Humans are Suffering

February Blues + Pandemic = SUFFERING Some of my clients report sliding into low moods these days. It is a helpless feeling to witness it

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Relocation

I have recently moved into a different house. It isn’t far from my old one, but it has still felt like a massive and consuming

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Listen!

I was challenged recently to do this: when someone tells you their story, listen and believe them. It sounds really simple, but it’s hard. It’s

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The Enemy of Fulfillment

The enemy of fulfillment is…. Instant gratification… that comes to us primarily through…. I hate to say it, but it’s true…. don’t write me off

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I look better in Idaho

Me modeling my “lake hair” with my kids teasing me behind the camera After returning from my vacation in Idaho, I had a thought that

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Say Yes, Dummy!

The text came from an old, dear friend out of the blue: “My daughter and I are going to Hawaii in 3 weeks, want to

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Whatever Works

It’s been a good parenting week. I got to share a meal in a restaurant with my son before seeing him perform in a jazz

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Take a nap

Well, you did it. Christmas happened; the gifts, the food, the guests, the cheer. Now for that wonderful and sometimes difficult let-down. This year, how

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Self-Care at Every Age

This is a picture of my step-father, Howard, just 3 weeks shy of his 80th birthday, waterskiing. Seeing him ski made us all whoop, cheer,

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Left-Handed Toilet

There’s a left-handed toilet in my new office. Never used one? This is what I experience; I’m sitting there—you know, on the toilet, reaching back

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