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
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
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
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
Using the Enneagram for personal growth and self-awareness
The Enneagram is a 9-type personality model. I'm not very familiar with it's history. But I have found it personally beneficial in understanding my mind, thoughts, and feelings, and those…
June 28, 2021