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 […]