In order to be good, I have to feel bad…
Anyone who looks at me can see that I am fat, yet even calling myself fat and not being embarrassed or ashamed of that simple fact is less ordinary than
Now is a good time…
As more of us are becoming vaccinated and we begin to believe that the end of this very difficult time is in sight, oddly many of us are experiencing mildly-moderately
Fat Patient, Thin Therapist
It is usually assumed that in a room with a slender therapist and a fat patient, it is the patient who has a weight problem. That therapist, benefitting from thin
One Voice of the Dark Goddess
I often hear people apologize for complaining about things in their lives, as if complaints are invalid and unnecessary. I carry in mind something I remember from a book I
Entering Old Age
This past week several patients fretted about their fears of looking old and unattractive if they stopped coloring their hair. This has provoked for me a lot of thought about
Finding Home
My dad was in the Army when I was growing up. My brothers, who were much older than me, spent their childhoods among extended family in Massachusetts and Connecticut. I
Really? Whatever Comes To Mind?
I have posted before about secrets in therapy and every time I have, questions arise. Often people conflate privacy with secrets. So today let’s revisit this somewhat difficult issue. Privacy
Let’s Talk about Dreams
This painting by Edward Robert Hughes makes me think of the oddness of dream images. And so today I want to start to talk about dreams. A few years ago
Muddling Through
For the last couple of weeks I have written about traditions and their importance for the holidays. Today I am thinking about the song, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
What I’m doing today
We got snow the other day, not as much here as further south of us. Though this photo is not new, it looks very much like that today. So today