How To Be Alone
In my private psychotherapy practice I often hear from clients about their fears of being alone. From my vantage point, I can see how those fears keep them stuck in unfulfilling relationships, prevent them from speaking the truth of what they need or want, and can...Balancing Self-Compassion and Hard Work
I saw this great 2 minute video of a talk by Ira Glass, host and producer of the NPR show This American Life, about doing creative work recently. It really hit home with me, and living in Asheville, where there is such an abundance of creative people, I thought I...Guided Loving Kindness Meditation
It has been a month since I had my son, and over the course of the past several months, I have gotten way out-of-touch with my meditation practice. Today, while I was scanning through my Facebook news feed, I stumbled upon this 30 minute Loving Kindness guided...
The Serenity Prayer
Over the past week I have been reminded, on several occasions, of the importance of acceptance on the road to healing. Situations with friends, colleagues, clients, and life circumstances have echoed with reverberations of how holding on to fixed ideas...Read moreThere are no long-term, lasting benefits from taking A.D.H.D. medications… but mindfulness seems to be training the same areas of the brain that have reduced activity in A.D.H.D. That’s why mindfulness might be so important… it seems to get at the causes.