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Remembering January 6 (On My Daughter’s 20th Birthday)
I was on a first date on January 6, 2020, walking on Stinson Beach with a lovely artist who I wound up going on five dates with before he decided he...
Is 2026 Your Year To Give More? Or Receive More?
Happy 2026 everyone! I’m kind of reeling after reading in the New York Times about our President kidnapping another country’s President (and his...
A Holiday Reset: How To Track Your Growth & Progress This Yuletide Season
Let me start with wishing you holiday blessings from the 1870s renovated barn that is Jeff, Mira and my new home near Bodega Bay, CA. Because we’ve...
Winter Solstice: How “Placed” Or “Dis-Placed” Are You With The Land You Live On?
Happy Winter Solstice to you all! I want to thank you for another year of caring about the work I do, of being on this newsletter list, of reading...
How To Deal With Dashed Expectations Around The Holidays
One of our LOVE SCHOOL students made a special request for our next LOVE SCHOOL class- how to cope with the holidays when someone you love fails to...
A Sixth Grade Boy Interviewed Me About Mind Over Medicine. Read My Answers.
Sometimes I can’t believe that it’s been twelve years since Mind Over Medicine hit the New York Times bestseller list right out of the publication...
A Lesson In Vulnerability, Accountability & Forgiveness From Ted Lasso
My partner Jeff and I are a bit behind the cultural times. While everyone else was binging Ted Lasso during the pandemic, we were busy on the front...
Boundaries For Thanksgiving
There’s a saying in spiritual circles- “If you think you’re enlightened, go home.” No matter how great your childhood was, nothing brings up our...
How to Pause Instead of Reflexively People-Pleasing
I had a very hard time learning to say no to my mother. She didn’t ask me how I wanted to live my life when I was growing up. She ordered me to do...
What Is Fawning?
I once had a (very brief) romance with a guy who I suspect is a sociopath. He suspects he’s a sociopath too, so it’s not just me. In a book he...
How To Get Out Of Paralysis When Making Decisions- The IFS Way
My partner Jeff is facing a lot of big decisions right now. He has two very different job opportunities potentially pulling him into two vastly...
How To Deepen Your IFS Practice Outside The Therapy Office
I love one-on-one Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work. I am forever indebted to my IFS therapist Nancy Morgan and to IFS founder Dick Schwartz,...