Five things I learned in therapy

September 16, 2026
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...

Seattle-bound at dawn

August 23, 2010
Lots of sun and heat are forecast for Seattle this week. A bit disappointing but we're on our way in the morning!It'll be an easy four days, walking around, drinking...

Memory problem

August 23, 2010

penpal hand stiff writing

August 23, 2010

Saucy Queen wins title

August 22, 2010
This is my friend Michele Northrup. She founded Intensity Academy, an all natural, gourmet hot sauce company. She also invented every one of their tasty sauces. We call...

Politically correct

August 21, 2010
"I believe in cultural sensitivity as a strategy but believe we must fervently protect the notion that free expression overrides sensitivity."Loring...

Sometimes, the differences make the depth

August 21, 2010
When we're young, we tend to form friendships with people who are most like ourselves. That's really what happens with high school cliques, isn't it?But as we mature (if...

Manners for the technology age

August 21, 2010
A few weeks ago I was returning from an event in a car with several people, all of whom were tweeting and sending photos of the evening around to their friends.What...

Return love for hate – dawn

August 21, 2010
‎"The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to...

Girly-girls, this one’s for you! Ooh la frou frou!

August 21, 2010
I know I don't exactly seem like a girly-girl, but at heart, I am. Oh, who am I kidding? Everyone KNOWS what a girly-girl I am!And lately, I've been way into the old...

It’s the little things

August 21, 2010
Image: www.flickr.com/photos/astanse/galleries/72157622251664829/ The happy bounce of a little dogwhen he runs to fetch his ball.Sunflowers reaching toward the...

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