Finding Our Way Forward in the Aftermath of Violence

I was feeling grumpy about a minor inconvenience when I heard the tragic news out of Uvalde, Texas. And this on the heels of the horrific hate crime in Buffalo on Saturday... As a mom, I just wanted to pull my babies close and weep for the parents who were learning that they would never get to do that again. As a therapist, I want to have open office hours for all the grief and...

Press Pause

Sharing a story from last December... I had a really hard morning at work last week. I needed to take my own advice and get my upstairs brain back online. There’s a quick self reflection exercise that I have been sharing at workshops for years, and it came to the rescue that morning! My thoughts and emotions were spinning out, and I realized I had a choice to make – carry that frustration around with...