I have been thinking a lot lately about what actually makes us satisfied with our lives. Or maybe satisfaction isn’t even the right word. For a long time, I think I assumed happiness and satisfaction were more or less the same thing and that both were somehow the...
Simply Being turns seven in September. Seven is a funny age. You’re definitely not a baby anymore. You have friends, opinions, a personality. You know what you like and what you don’t, although you probably still have a lot to figure out. Simply Being...
The first time I went to therapy, I was a teenager, and I lasted only a few sessions. I don’t remember much about the therapist or even what we talked about, which is probably telling in itself. What I do remember is how strange the whole thing felt. I had no idea...
I’ve been thinking lately about the way we talk about boundaries, particularly outside of therapy. Spend a few minutes on social media and you’ll come across some version of the same advice: protect your peace, cut people off, don’t tolerate people...
One of the questions I hear most often in my office is some version of, “How did I end up here again?” The relationship may look different from the last one; the circumstances may have changed. Yet there is often a familiar feeling running through it. A person may...
