Lonely in Grief
The term “disenfranchised grief” refers to grief that is not validated by society, whether because the loss, the relationship, or the griever is not acknowledged or approved of.
Noticing Trees
A few years ago, I took a course on journaling and mindfulness. Each week we were assigned various mindfulness exercises and wrote about our responses to them. I remember one exercise in particular.
A Game With Friends
Last year I bought myself the Pride and Prejudice parlor game, but never had the right time to break it out. Then a friend and I went to see the Rachel’s Place adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and I remembered that I had this game sitting around.
Find the Trickle
In another lesson from The Well-Lived Life, Dr. Gladys McGarey writes that life is constantly moving through us. When we are frozen or immobilized, it’s hard for real healing to happen.
Three Days in Paris
A few weeks ago, between one thing and another, I decided to try and get away for a short trip.
How To Give a Bracha
My friend had the wisest observation: why do some people’s brachos feel uncomfortable and cringey, and others’ are warm and appreciated?
Counting Dates
A friend was talking to me about feeling pressure to get a relationship to progress after X number of dates (and did Zoom dates count for the tally?). An analogy came to mind: “Counting dates is like counting
Miracle Stories
Do they give you chizuk?
Eight Years!
And over eight hundred posts.
Can You Name My Private Practice?
I need your help! I have to set up a Google Workspace account for my private practice and to do that I need a domain name and I don’t know what to call my practice!