In Defense of the Yawn
“Then all of a sudden, I yawned.
What a rude bastard, but I couldn’t help it!”
Holden Caulfield in A Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
When I was training …
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New Year’s Resolutions: Where Do Your Loyalties Lie?
Let me start by saying that I’m not a die-hard fan of New Year’s resolutions. Over the years I’ve made quite a few, kept some, broken many, and frankly forgotten most of them. This seems …
Read More →Resilience: Keeping it Together When Things Fall Apart
In the days following last month’s attacks in Paris, I wondered how I might prepare to work with the crisis-related stress and symptoms clients would probably bring to their sessions with me. But it quickly …
Read More →Crying: How Much is Too Much?
Too many teardrops
For one heart to be crying
Too many teardrops
For one heart to carry on…
— Question Mark & the Mysterians, “96 Tears”
I was once in a relationship with a guy who had the misfortune of …
Read More →Momentum
T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruellest month, but frankly, if you can make it through March, you’ll probably be ok.
This is the grey backside of winter (at least in my corner of the …
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