Five things I learned in therapy

September 16, 2026
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I'm a believer in therapy. Real therapy. With a good therapist. (Not all therapists are good.) Why do I believe in it? Therapy teaches us how to understand the life we're actually living—and how to stop making the same painful mistakes. (If we choose to. Some of us just love to keep the old...
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The trouble with Florida

March 11, 2011
I love Florida.It might not seem that way from my criticism of the state in which I've spent 25 years, either full or part-time.I call it tough love. Here's what I love...
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Mormons

March 10, 2011
"If not Arizona, then a land not too far away, where all parents are strong and wise and capable,and all children are happy and beloved.I don't know. Maybe...
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Happy birthday, little Riley!

March 10, 2011
Cats are easier, and that's what I'd had, for 23 years. My lifestyle just didn't permit me to have a dog.I never dreamed that I could grow so close to a dog that I'd...
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Ethnic Catholicism is complicated

March 9, 2011
Ash Wednesday conversation with husband:Him: I don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday.Me: Let me get this straight. You don't attend Mass, go to confession, get ashes, or...
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Orange in snow

March 9, 2011
I love this photo, taken by a friend who has always colored outside the lines. He has a really interesting eye. Today's his birthday. {Happy birthday,...
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The gift of insomnia

March 9, 2011
Me and sleep? We've got a difficult relationship.I know people who can sleep long, hard and late. I envy them.It started in my early 40s, when insomnia hit hard. I'd...
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Turnips, parsnips

March 8, 2011
My mother was a pretty basic cook.She made wonderful meatballs and red sauce (what Sicilian mom isn't know for her sauce and meatballs?) Great frittati. Delicious...
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Cowboy up: reality bites

March 8, 2011
I am pretty progressive, politically, but I haven't yet figured out how to draw blood from a stone.Or, as they say in the south, squeeze it from a turnip. (Yeah, that's...
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No Tv, no reading

March 7, 2011
A Facebook friend is taking some down time based on The Artist's Way. She's vowed to not watch television or read for a month. To help free time and space for...
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Voluntary Madness; voluntary recovery?

March 7, 2011
One in 10 persons has some form of mental illness, I read once, and I believe it. Of course, if you looked at the frequency with which anti-depressants (and even...
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