Ruminating, overthinking, brooding – a rose by any other name is still a rose. This particular bouquet can wreck havoc with its pervasive stench. – Most people who journey with a mood disorder can find themselves in this territory and boy howdy is it prickly bramble. It robs us of PRESENCE and so much more. …

In the rarest of circumstances in the middle of a pandemic, Amanda left her wife and three children for a week-long business trip. Janice, Amanda’s wife is a front-line health care worker. – When Amanda returned to the chaos and demands of being back home, she was irritable and aggravated by, well, LIFE. Janice had …

I goofed. Then I felt regret and embarrassment about goofing. Anybody else ever been there? In a recent presentation, that I think went well by the way, I quickly blew past a question and blithely mentioned that people rarely leave therapy with me prematurely. Hear the arrogance? Boy I sure did, just a minute later. …

For those journeying through depression or grief, anhedonia is a pleasure thief. The wild paradox is that in slowing down to the pace of a single moment, however painful, we can access PRESENCE. From there, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump to pleasure.   When I met Joshua, he was in the midst …

In addition to the not insignificant stress of keeping a business alive in 2020, caring for grandchildren and recovering from major surgery, Madeleine said she was mostly ok. Sincerely, genuinely ok.   The only clouds threatening her inner sky were flurries of not good enough that showed up from time to time. If you journey with anxiety …