Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight I was a fat kid for most of my childhood. When I look at old…
Where to Start?
We are a world in need of healing, living lives in need of healing. Our communities and families need healing. I need healing. Sometimes when…
Mistrust, Hope, and Meaningful Connection, Part 3
In the past few weeks, I’ve written about the experience of mistrust and the work of identifying trustworthiness. Today I will talk about repairing broken…
Mistrust, Hope, and Meaningful Connection, Part 2
Last week, I wrote about how we experience mistrust, its value, and the barriers it creates to meaningful connection. This week, I want to write…
Some Thoughts on Civil Discourse
In my communities, and it seems in my country, I have watched increasing polarization and the lines of demarcation run sometimes very close to home.…
Mistrust, Hope, and Meaningful Connection, Part 1
“I have trust issues.” Have you ever said that? What does that mean to you? Where do those “issues” come from? When I explore trust…
To Know My True Name: On Identity and Belonging
do you think just like that you can divide this you as yours me as mine to before we were us? if the rain has…
On Wisdom
This space has lain silent, though it continues to speak with the archives of posts. Blogging was useful to me as a discipline of creating…
Advice on Finding a Therapist
In the past few years I’ve supported several people who are looking for psychotherapy but are unable to work with me for a variety of reasons.…
Resenting Illness, Striving toward Wellness
In some recent conversations with healers and healthcare providers, I had a thought about some struggles we have with connecting to some of the people…