“If only this was different”, I hear this a lot. Usually the difference desired is small, it’s a centimeter in a whole house, a letter in a whole paragraph. “If only I could have 95 instead than 94”, said with a melancholy certainty that 95 would really mean happiness and, even more importantly, the endContinue reading “If only…”
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Lives lived inside our heads
Much of my work lately is centered around choices. How difficult yet liberating it is to make them; how scary yet thrilling it is to leave something behind. We often miss the real point when we feel our life will shrink when defining things. Life usually expands when it confronts reality. It shrinks inside ourContinue reading “Lives lived inside our heads”
The need for time
Amongst the most valuable things I’ve learned with therapy was a better relationship with time. In the past, time for me was always either too little or too much. I was enjoying a night with friends, and thinking “oh, if only it could last longer”, then somehow miss what was happening right in front ofContinue reading “The need for time”
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