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My primary job as a therapist is to teach awareness and compassion. Awareness and compassion are the paving stones of all great religious paths; these are fundamentally spiritual capacities.

This is a long one, but it’s important (especially in the midst of a government shutdown over healthcare).   Let me start by saying, I believe healthcare—including mental health care—is a human right. I believe everyone should have access to skilled, compassionate mental health support regardless of their income, gender identity, religion, political beliefs, disability status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, age, employment status, or any other variable you can come up

Here are twelve somewhat unrelated lessons or ideas I've been musing on during the past month, when I've been out of work due to a...

The past five months have felt like five years. I think most everyone who finds this post will have an idea of what I’m talking about....

I have always secretly wanted to live in a commune. If you read closely, you can see this desire woven into most of the novels I’ve...

Informed Consent   Let me start by saying, this world is a mess. We are in dire straits—and in the face of such extreme threat, only...

If you’re coming back after the previous blog post on dating and secure attachment, welcome. That was the easy stuff. This post, where...

Welcome back to my series of blog posts on dating! Catch the first post here. This time, we’re delving into attachment theory. As an...

Sometimes, as a therapist, I see themes pop up in my work. They might only last a day or two, where several sessions coalesce around the...

You know what’s the highlight of my month? Moving money into my high-yield savings account. I’m not even joking. It’s my absolute...

I just wrote a book in 23 days. It was intense. I couldn’t get it out of my head, not even when I was sleeping. I wrote over breakfast. I...

In my previous blog post, I used my experience as a writer of fiction to engage with the question of whether God gives us free will, or...

I began this year with a blog post about rest. Throughout the month of January, I rested aggressively and with intention. One of the...

We are entering an election year. I confess, I stepped into 2024 with a feeling of dread. For years now, I’ve had clients citing stress...

I have been resting. I have been resting hard, resting audaciously, resting with gusto. I have been giving myself permission to do less....

Christmas conjures up a lot of associations for me. A mountain of presents piled under a tree. Family trips to the movie theater after...

When I was a child, my father taught me catechism. The catechism he used had been written in 1689 and, to my knowledge, had never been...

Over Thanksgiving break, I worked on potty-training my daughter. If I'm going to be totally honest, I have to say this: never have I felt...

You were always meant to belong without fear. ----- I attended a retreat in Breckenridge earlier this month. Though I didn’t know it...

I talk about self-care daily—with my depressed clients, with my traumatized clients, with my burned-out clients, with my compassion...