Why do we edit our own stories…in therapy? Yes, I’ve been there. I’ve sat on the therapy couch and shared a carefully curated selection of my life story. I’ve taken my time getting to the parts that feel the most shameful, ugly, embarrassing or secretive.…
True confessions: I meant to post this last week before going to CancerCon, but then…well, life. And so this post is going to be a combination of looking forward and looking back. If I had posted pre-CancerCon: Apparently to the uninitiated, “CancerCon” is a really strange…
I was having a conversation with someone the other day (that had absolutely nothing to do with couples or counseling) when she said something that lit up like a neon sign in my brain. She was in the middle of working on a dissertation for…
You know what they say about good intentions, right? I think it’s fair to say that people generally have very good intentions when they make encouraging (or what they think to be encouraging) statements to friends, family and acquaintances who are dealing with cancer. Unfortunately,…
I’ve been away…literally and electronically. Since I’ve already broken my writing streak, I’m now going to take an intentional break from my cancer and couples double-series for a week (or as it turns out, a few weeks) to extol the benefits of unplugging. I’ll wrap…
Ah, the “he said/she said” (or he said/he said; I said/you said; she said/she said…you get my point) argument. It must be as old as time itself. Or at least as old as relationships. I can only imagine how many hours of couples counseling have…