The Golden Rule in Reverse
“Don’t let other people treat you the way you wouldn’t treat them.” This is what I recently said to Stanley, who never objects to disrespectful treatment from key people in his life. He swallows it … and suffers for it. Kind-hearted by nature, he’s respectful in all his dealings with others. He wouldn’t, COULDN’T, hurt […]
Introducing ‘The Latest Wow!’
I’m setting up a new category of posts called, “The Latest Wow.” Sometimes when I’m meeting with a client, I’m utterly moved by something they say. That’s when I interrupt them with, “Don’t say another word, I’ve gotta write that down!” So, without further ado, here’s the first ‘Wow”: After getting divorced, Beth and her ex decided […]
The Sickness That Affects So Many
I found this article on childhood sexual abuse to be so impactful I just had to share: Thank you for your willingness to share this very personal trauma. May your strength, honesty and courage be contagious. Salee Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Any time you’re cutting yourself down, you’re wrong.
We should always have an understanding heart toward ourselves. Self-criticism is learned—we don’t come out of the womb with that tendency. I’m talking about the self-esteem-destroying self-talk that buzzes around in one’s head endlessly. Like a virus that invades the brain, it constantly judges and condemns its host. Infection takes hold early in childhood after […]
Different Shades of Love
In keeping with my virgin techie status, I’m a bit late to the Facebook party…. I got my Facebook page up right before my first blog the other day, but I didn’t get a link to it set up on here till later. So you’ll notice the addition of that little widget over there on […]
Close Your Eyes and Jump!
As a therapist, I know that I often encourage my clients to try things that feel foreign to them. You have no idea how foreign this is for me! I am a real, dyed-in-the-wool, genuine technophobe. C’mon, I check my email twice a week! True story, sometime back a client sent me an email requesting an […]