by Karoline | Jan 14, 2025 | IFS, Relationships, Trust
This morning, I had a small conflict with a friend, who I’ll call Piper. Although I’m on a tight book deadline for a book that’s due February 1, she’s also on a tight deadline to write her essays for her grad school application, and she’d offered to pay me $200 to...
by Karoline | Dec 12, 2024 | Healing, Relationships
Because we’re writing a book together about the health impacts of unbalanced, non-reciprocal, and oppressive relationships, my partner Jeff Rediger and I have been previewing some of what we’re writing about in the book in online Zoom workshops. When we taught Healing...
by Karoline | Dec 9, 2024 | Healing, Relationships, Sexuality
Some people expect that their romantic relationships will be purely a sanctuary of refuge, a conflict-free zone of safe, nurturing connection, unconditional acceptance, pleasurable fun and joy, and nourishing companionship. Other people approach relationships...
by Karoline | Nov 13, 2024 | Mental Health, Physical Health, Relationships, Work Life Purpose
I just got back from Europe after seven weeks teaching and writing overseas. It was surreal to be away from my country during the election, and it feels weird to be back, given all that’s going on. Parts of me are in shock. Other parts are feeling deja vu, since I was...
by Karoline | Nov 4, 2024 | Mental Health, Social Justice
I feel strangely relieved to be out of the country teaching a writing workshop this election day, as I was during the shocking outcome of the 2016 election. But although I’m in Malta, not California, I am thinking about and praying for the soul of my country every...
