Making Room for the Light
No emotion is uncomplicated for a therapist. This brief, but very strong, bitter angry emotion momentarily knocks me down. And as I continue to do the work to redefine myself, I’m learning to rebound more quickly. I’m also understanding more
Never a Consolation Prize: My First Piano Recital
Every family looks different. Sadly, my family will never include my own children, only my three furry ones. But my family also includes my friends and their children. I will forever be grateful for this role, and I will always
Embracing It to Truly Let It Go
A client texted me to insist I go see the movie Frozen. She said it is about everything I always talk about in our sessions: accepting ourselves and being vulnerable. She also added that the music was amazing and Olaf the
Self Validation: Finding the Balance Between Proving It and Owning It
Self validation and owning it has to be a daily practice, whether or not we must practice to own our depression, to own our weaknesses, to own our vulnerabilities, to own our anxieties, to own our struggles
Our Home. Our Traditions. Our Family.
This will be our first holiday season in our new home. It will also be our first holiday season almost completely off the IVF roller coaster.
My Parental Dream: “They Have You!”
The purpose of my life has been to embody what it means to redefine. You lose one dream, you have to find and figure out another while also recategorizing the lost dream.
Fear in Owning My Truth
We are the only ones to make these decisions, for it is our family. We must make them because we know they are right for us. And we don’t owe anyone an explanation as to why we’ve made them and,
Thriving and not just Surviving
Every day I make sure to model to my clients the work I’ve done to change my own life. And I am reminded that happiness is a choice we must make every day and that it doesn’t really come
Where do I belong?
I can choose to allow this to fill my soul with sadness and bitterness or I can truly own my story. Owning it allows the hurt to heal. Owning it allows me to talk about it openly
I am…
Ever Upward is how I’m choosing wholeness, fulfillment and happiness despite not getting the joy of motherhood. Making the choice, sometimes daily, to not be sad, cynical, bitter, and angry but to find the brighter light for me.
