You, and you alone.

The very first time I lived alone – no parents, no siblings, no companions, no roommates – was about 3 years into my teaching career.   I had been living with a roommate in her condo and she was moving. And my parents were selling our family home and moving with some of my younger siblings […]

Values and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

If you would have told me 5 years ago that I would be someone who indulges in a Disneyland lifestyle, I would have thought you didn’t know me very well.  A kajillion people in matching t-shirts who just want to have fun? No, thank you.  Chaos?  Nope.  People leaving their strollers unattended?  What?!  And $7 […]

The Shoe Exercise.

Every so often I have a client who is struggling with knowing themselves – really knowing themselves.   Maybe they haven’t spent a lot of time lately listening to themselves, or really looking at themselves, or taking care of their own needs. Maybe they’ve been caught up in the needs of a spouse, partner, child, parent, […]

Cookie care.

My husband teases me that I ‘always’ make chocolate chip cookies.  He did it just today… “Let me guess, you’re making chocolate chip?”   And the thing is, he’s right.  But I have a HUGE repertoire of chocolate chip cookies – and they’re all different.  They have different fat to sugar ratios, they use different […]