Balance
As a metaphor for emotional regulation, I’ve been thinking about the simple image of balancing on top of a ball lately. The one in my imagination looks like one of…
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March 7, 2022
Humanistic Therapy
If all the theories I draw from were like different sections of an orchestra or band, perhaps humanistic therapy would be the percussion section - always present in the background,…
February 1, 2022
The broken toe (pre-existing wound) and the toe step (the trigger)
This is a metaphor that I sometimes share with clients. It comes up when people are trying to make decisions about whether they should move toward something or away from…
November 28, 2021
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
"Our medications are anti-depressants, or anti-anxiety, as if the only sensible goal is to subtract them. Our disorders are called “mood disorders” or “thought disorders” or “anxiety disorders”—once again feeding…
August 2, 2021
Are we “doing” anything while meditating?
I have been paying attention to what makes a meditation feel successful. A few metaphors have come up for me when I think about what this feels like. Exercise I…
July 28, 2021
What function does the addiction serve? An exercise
We all have addictions. One way I sometimes look at life is a process of eliminating addictions so that we can be at peace. If we were all 100% addiction…
July 27, 2021
Exploring new trails
A couple of days ago I was on a familiar running route that I’ve done dozens of times over the past year… through a park, down a dirt road, across…
July 21, 2021
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Shakespeare Cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the central idea that you can change your life, and feelings…
July 18, 2021
Watching experience as if it were a film
The other day I was jogging / hiking and listening to an audiobook. Or maybe it was a podcast. I don’t remember, and that is telling. It was just noise…
July 16, 2021
Look around for the untasted juicy fruits
We tend to get fixated on what we want as a means of obtaining happiness, or peace, or joy, or whatever noun you prefer to indicate that state that we’re…
July 12, 2021