Labyrinth Lessons – Priorities
A labyrinth walk at the Key West Botanical Gardens and a lesson on priorities: family is everything, family isn’t only blood, and you get to choose.
Posts on connection- family, friendship, romantic relationships, and the patterns that shape how we show up for others (and let them show up for us).
Therapy Thursday – Paradigm Shift: Relationships
Ken and I had spent several sessions working on changing the paradigm in my mind about how women and men should relate to each other ~ it is not about a struggle for power- it is about resolving conflicts together. In a healthy relationship: The partners value each other Fear and cynicism do not dictate…
Therapy Thursday – Acceptance
Acceptance. Personal growth is HARD- especially when we fight it. My seven take-aways from a session spent on doing the acceptance work.
The Four Horsemen
Image by Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay Let’s start with a moment of self-reflection. This is not about anyone else or their behavior– this is about YOU. Mirror, Mirror on the wall Tell me, tell me true… Which of these awful relationship habits are the ones I do? Criticism Stonewalling Defensiveness Contempt hurts relationships. Criticism Criticism…
Therapy Thursday – Relationships, part 2
Session 9: My Role in Relationships Sigh…. the eternal task of self-reflection. In this session, we focused on my role in relationships. I have always been independent and strong-willed, and disinclined to rely on a partner for much of anything, preferring to problem-solve on my own. (Is it because I have a fear of appearing…
The Power of Grace
I am not a perfect person. Far from it. The Power of Grace: how I’m learning to stop being critical of myself and others- not perfect, but progressing.