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...

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...

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...

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...

When I was younger, I had a terrible temper. Those who know me now might find this hard to believe; friends and clients describe my...

My daughter’s life began at the height of COVID-19, during the winter of 2020-2021. Quarantined with my vulnerable newborn, I had no...

My toddler is a sprinter. She also hates riding in carts. This means that, when we go to Target or the grocery store, she is either...

Dear 20-somethings: This decade might be one of the hardest decades of your entire life. It’s just fucking hard. There’s no way around...

I was supposed to write this blog post last weekend. I’ve been so proud of my consistency in creating posts every two weeks. But last...

Lest any of you think therapists are better at life than you are, here is a true story that just happened last week: I’m driving my...

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...