Dream Series: How to Interpret a Dream Image
or Keeping the Dream Alive... What does it mean to dream that I am falling off a cliff? Or that I am back in high school and I haven’t done my homework? Or that a wild animal is talking to…
Book Review: Just One Thing, by Rick Hanson, PhD
I seem to be surrounded by people who are committed to a path of meditation. Friends, family, teachers, colleagues – all of them having some sort of regular practice of sitting in silence, following the breath, centering. But not me…
Weaving in the Darkness
This morning as I awoke this phase was passing through my mind: “Weaving in the Darkness”. Something about it captured my imagination and I spent the morning contemplating it. Here are my meandering thoughts. Weaving in the darkness, while unable…
A Recent Find: Gnostics, Music and More…
I love listening to music, lectures and books in my car. With a song, I can travel to another country, feel my heart break open, or travel back in time to a cherished memory. With an interesting speaker on CD,…
Mothers, Daughters and Envy
I had a candid conversation with a friend recently. Christine, age 52, has a 15 year old daughter, Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn is becoming beautiful in a womanly way, but she really doesn’t know it yet. “She looks so fresh, her hair…
Dream Series: Do Dreams Matter?
The purpose or function of dreaming has been hypothesized about for hundreds of years across cultural and religion, from Egypt to Aboriginal Australia, from folklore to psychology. Do dreams predict the future? Are they telling us what we are not…
Dream Series: How to Remember Dreams
When I was a teen, I developed curiosity about the functions of dreams. With just a little exposure to dreamwork, I began writing them down. I noticed that the more I logged my dreams, the more I seemed to be…
My Dog turned into a Cat: Understanding Teenagers.
I spent years training to be a psychotherapist. Grad school, internships, study and research ... And yet one of the most consistently useful things I’ve come across in helping parents accept the nature of adolescence was an article written by…
Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the light wanes and the days become shorter, you may find yourself more sluggish, moody and withdrawn. It may be harder to wake up in the morning or difficult to concentrate as you go through your day. If so,…
What is Psychotherapy?
A place where you can speak your truth, and not be alone. A unique relationship devoted to tending your soul’s needs. A place to sort out the complications of life. A time to reflect on what matters to you most…