Our Body, Our Home.
In the quiet hum of the morning, as sunlight filters through curtains and gently touches every corner, I ponder the curious kinship between our homes and bodies. Both, it seems, are sanctuaries where the essence of our being unfolds. Our bodies, like homes, house the...
The Potato Parable
One of my favorite analogies that I utilize when talking with clients is Carl Rogers’ potato story. Rogers, a profoundly influential psychotherapist of the twentieth century, approached his work through a humanistic lens, positing that people, at their core,...
Quilting
My grandmother survived the Great Depression. A farmer in rural Michigan and one of seven children, there was barely enough to go around, be it food or clothing, and most certainly there was no extra anything. She didn’t have beautiful things. Her clothes were hand me...
Running on Emp(a)t(h)y
I work with a patient who is a marathon runner. One session, he was talking about the ways running has helped him move through difficult times in his life – divorce, the death of his parents, and other painful experiences. He described the process of running as...