Have you ever noticed how you can listen to a song over and over and yet one day you listen to it and it suddenly has a radically different significance to you? This happened to me this morning as I was driving to school. You see, as I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve made [...]
I am working on myself. I have made a commitment to stop hiding in relationships from those parts of myself that are scared, uncomfortable, and petrified of being left. Part of this work includes weekly therapy, which started this past Friday. In the first appointment I already made a bunch of connections I had never [...]
It has become a tradition among my chosen family that every year at “Thanksvegan” we go around speaking to what we are thankful for. This year I realized I had some huge milestones to be thankful for: Trust Last thanksgiving I decided to take a huge leap by writing letters expressing my trust for three [...]
A few days ago I spent several hours catching up with a friend who I hadn’t seen in quite a while. Having the ability to recount what has gone on since last seeing her was exactly what I needed in order to gain perspective on the changes and growth that have taken place in my [...]
I knew that my PsyD program was going to personally impact me, but I guess I underestimated just how quickly and radically it would require me to examine my understanding of myself. In my basic clinical and counseling skills class we have begun working on assertiveness. This is an area that I have both anticipation [...]