by Karoline | Nov 29, 2023 | Creativity, Medicine, Mental Health, Muse, Work Life Purpose
For many years, I’ve been reading and resonating with the physician literary magazine PULSE. (You can read it on their site here and subscribe to Pulse here.) Earlier this year, they had a writing contest with the prompt “On Being Different.” I...
by Karoline | Nov 21, 2023 | Environment, Mental Health, Physical Health, Relationships, Social Justice, Spirituality
Growing up, Thanksgiving was always my favorite. Fall was my favorite season- the first cool chill of sweater weather and relief from the blazing heat of Florida, where I grew up. I adored the holiday art projects- the oranges, reds, and browns, the headdress feathers...
by Karoline | Nov 10, 2023 | Healing, IFS, Mental Health, Physical Health, Relationships, Spiritual Bypassing, Trust, Uncategorized
Because two people in my inner circle are in recovery from controlling relationships and cultic abuse, I’ve been educating myself by watching all the cult documentaries, reading books about cult recovery, and listening to all the podcasts, like my favorite,...
by Karoline | Nov 6, 2023 | Healing, IFS, Medicine, Mental Health
In couple’s therapists John and Julie Gottman’s work on the “Four Horsemen Of The Apocalpyse,” they name the four behaviors that kill marriages, namely criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. Contempt, they say, is the single most dangerous behavior, and...
by Karoline | Oct 19, 2023 | IFS, Mental Health, Uncategorized
Gordon’s girlfriend Steph has to leave home for stretches of time for her work. They live together, and when they’re together, their relationship seems great. He’s happy to see her after work every day, he thinks fondly about her when he’s at work, he’s grateful for...
