Article 24
There are so many tiny revolutions in a life, a million ways we have to circle around ourselves to grow and change and be okay. And perhaps the body is our final frontier. It’s the one place we can’t...
View Articlethe thing about cake
I'll begin with the cake. Last month the family for whom I used to nanny made a huge cake for no occasion at all. Just to be grazed on throughout the day, I guess. And it was so thoughtful of them to...
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we moved!
Caity and I were offered the apartment upstairs and jumped on the chance to have more space. This lovely apartment not only has a bedroom (!), but even more light than the studio. And being higher up,...
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let's get our reading on
You know when you have so much to share, and maybe one or two deep thoughts, but it's exhausting and overwhelming to think about writing them out coherently and in a way that doesn't include too many...
View Articlehear, hear
You see, I’d recently committed to a non-negotiable understanding with myself. I’d committed to “The End of Suffering.” I’d finally managed to exile the voices in my head that told me my personal...
View Articleshame
(Alternate title: What I should have learned from Brene Brown's book but needed to see in action first.) I have these memories I go to when I'm laying awake at 2 am. They are my cringe moments, the...
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in october, i've . . .
- loved cooking brunch in the mornings, including trader joe's pumpkin pancakes with apples and cinnamon on top. with a side of pumpkin coffee, thankyouverymuch!- seen two movies at the lesbian &...
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Article 17
viaThis is the first time I've written to you knowing exactly what to say: I love you, I love you, love you, love you. stieg larsson in a letter to his partner eva
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avocado & salmon pasta
I burned my arm in the process of making this fantastic dish, but it was worth it. For real. And I'd have a pretty picture of it, but I was too excited and inhaled it. So imagine this, but add salmon...
View ArticleArticle 15
You might as well learn how to pay attention now. How to inhabit the life you've chosen. How to take up every inch of your skin. Occupy the space in this body you were given. It's your place. Only...
View Articlemaking peace
We are all so hard on ourselves. At work as a therapist, I think of self-forgiveness all the time. The power is has to change our lives. It is profoundly healing. And these days, I grasp onto healing...
View ArticleArticle 13
over and over, for the rest of our lives, we try to protect ourselves from feeling our past, and in so doing we never allow ourselves to claim the present.Geneen Roth
View Articlea different resolution (no more contact)
The advice columnist Cary Tennis regularly writes with brilliance, but this post struck a cord. The background story doesn't really matter because what he says applies to just about everything.I'm...
View Articlethe view
I’ve been trying to keep my days simple. I'm still getting used to the rush of seeing clients, the nerves and thrills and breakthroughs. There is the frustration, too, so much of the time. The I am...
View Articledecisions
I started drafting this post several months ago. And it morphed into something about love, as many things do.What I wanted to say from the start is that so many of the decisions I make are cloudy, wild...
View Articledaughter by nicole blackman
One day I'll give birth to a tiny baby girland when she's born she'll scream and I'll make sureshe never stops.I will kiss her before I lay her downand will tell her a story so she knowshow it is and...
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Article 8
viaAll those ninnies have it wrong. The best thing about Seattle is the weather. The world over, people have ocean views. But across our ocean is Bainbridge Island, an evergreen curb, and over it the...
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Article 7
The blog needed some color. From the top:volunteer park. cherry blossoms outside our apartment window. stunning mansion across from volunteer park. tulips abound. bartender-improvised drink from...
View Articlethese waves
I'm so hesitant to write about the past couple of weeks, even though I know it's the one thing that might be most cathartic. (My supervisor at work, a brilliant therapist, described one client's love...
View Articlecomfort of words (and songs)
Sometimes when your head is a mess, and your stomach has been cramped with anxiety and responsibility and worry for days, and those hours you spent in the sun have turned into a slow burn up your arms...
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