Life Transition & Grief
Your Wild and Precious Life: It’s Okay to be Uncertain
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Somewhere along the way you may have come upon this question before. It’s the final line in Mary Oliver’s famous poem, The Summer Day. Oliver’s words have been quoted on so many websites and blogs during the past decade that…
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Life Transition Self-Care: 5 Ways to Fill Your Cup
I remember the moment like it was yesterday, even though it happened many years ago. I was sitting with a client who was in the midst of a complex life transition. She was feeling lost, confused and disoriented. In the middle of our conversation she looked up and said, “If you could take my hand,…
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A Simple Way to Discover Your Midlife Season of Life
Your Midlife Season of Life Long ago, when I was a child, there was a song that used to be on the radio. September Song, by Kurt Weill. I remember my mother would pause when it started to play. I remember the wistful look on her face as she listened… Oh it’s a long, long…
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5 Practices for Getting Lost and Finding Yourself
Five Practices for Getting Lost and Finding Yourself, with Journaling Prompts During the past year I’ve been quietly celebrating 21 years as a therapist and life coach for women. It’s one of those significant milestones that deserves space here on my blog but I’ve struggled to know what to say about it. Also, I’ve felt…
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Are you wanting more or wanting less?
Let’s start with the question of wanting more. (It’s a common question, right?) We ask it often, of ourselves and others. We ask it almost automatically in some situations: Do you want more pie? Do you want more space? Yet in times of transition and change, asking what you want more of is far from…
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