What can go wrong with therapy - #1 It piggybacks on our need to "do more" and "be perfect"
I love therapy, as a client and as a therapist. It's also my bread and butter. And I have such a critical eye. Here's a big beef. Therapy...
Covid-19 loves Velcro (or why are some more anxious about this than others?)
At the risk of spreading yet another Covid-19 myth, I am using velcro as a metaphor for why some people seem to be covered in Covid-19...
How could "self-help" possibly be violent? *gasp*
I was working with someone the other day and the harshest voice in the room was the voice of "self-help." It was mean. It wasn't what she...
2 kinds of loneliness: why we feel alone in a crowd
(Art by Lorenzo Bosi) I have a theory that there are 2 kinds of loneliness. I know this is false because any kind of binary is...
The "Self-Love Myth" is Bullshit
I recently came back from a trip to Colombia with a friend from there. Watching people make plans, reach out, talk about big feelings,...
My childhood was normal + fine so I shouldn't feel like something's wrong with me
I hear this all the time and have 2 things to say right out of the gate. "normal" and "shouldn't" Normal. Our childhood is always our...