Love After Love
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the…Read more
The Rules for Being Human
When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better. 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in…Read more
Hold Me Tight Conversations
September 22, 2011 Do adults bond with their partners in the same way that children develop attachments to their parents? Love Guru, Dr. Sue Johnson shows groundbreaking evidence to suggest that they do in her new book “Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Life Time of Love.” I just spent the last week with…Read more
Autobiography in Five Chapters
There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: Autobiography In Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. Chapter II I…Read more
Finding A Therapist For Your Teenager
Parenting can almost feel like a balancing act at times, juggling between the dangers of being overly authoritarian or too relaxed. One of the biggest challenges that you may ever come up against as a parents is deciding on whether or not your teenager or “twenty something” needs therapy. “Forcing” your child to go for…Read more
