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An Empty Nest At Christmas (+ Empathy For All Of Us Who Are Hurting This Holiday Season)
Unlike many of my trauma survivor clients, for whom holidays were often a nightmare, I am one of those people who grew up with a family who knew how...
Pursuing A Healing Partnership Is Like Climbing Mount Everest
After my divorce from the father of my now 18-year old daughter, I hoped to find a relationship with someone who was willing to go the distance with...
10 STEPS TO FINDING YOUR WRITING VOICE & HEALING YOUR TRAUMA
For those of you seeking to write a memoir or learn self-help tools to deepen your Internal Family Systems practice, either as an adjunct to your...
What If You Give More Than You Receive In Every One Of Your Relationships?
Because we’re writing a book together about the health impacts of unbalanced, non-reciprocal, and oppressive relationships, my partner Jeff Rediger...
What If You Want To Grow & Heal But The One You’re With Isn’t Interested?
Some people expect that their romantic relationships will be purely a sanctuary of refuge, a conflict-free zone of safe, nurturing...
A Call To Action For Healers & Creatives In Times Like This
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...
Permission To Feel All Your Feelings This Election Day
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...
Unpacking The Many Lenses On Dysfunctional Relationships
My partner Jeff Rediger and I are in Santorini now, working on co-writing our book about the health implications of narcissistic abuse and...
A 911 Call To The American People (& A Request For Prayers From The Rest Of The Free World)
I'm overseas, and my California vote for a Democrat means very little in the grand scheme of things. But even so, I just mailed my ballot from the...
Healing Medical Trauma For Our Health Care Providers
Because I used to be a practicing physician, I’ve tried to keep my finger on the pulse of what it’s been like to practice medicine at a time...
How An Intentional Life Review Could Impact Your Whole Life
When my 59 year old physician father was given three months to live four months after he’d already been cured from an altogether different cancer, I...
The Health-Inducing Behaviors Most People Don’t Consider “Medicine”
I’ve spent most of my career exploring answers to the question “What really makes people sick and what really cures disease?” I thought I’d find...