Every summer I spend two weeks on the coast. Most years, a friend will join me for the first week. The rest of the vacation it’s just me, waves, whales, and an abundant supply of audiobooks. One night during last year’s vacation it was late and my friend and I were the only two left on the beach as we were drowning out our fire to head back to the car. Two men walked out from behind a bend in the rocks and were approaching. We convinced ourselves (rather quickly, I might add) that we were ...read more
Sailing With Your Therapist
If you asked me what different parts of the boat are called, or how to tie different sailor’s knots, you’d get a blank stare in return. I have been sailing once or twice and loved it. The depth and reflective properties of water have always been a strong pull for me. When I first started working in private practice, my connection to water continued. The visual I formed of how sessions progress started off like deep sea diving. There wasn’t much to this analogy for me. I vaguely pictured that ...read more
Down the Mountain
Before my family moved away from Ecuador, my boys wanted to climb Mt. Pichincha. It's not the tallest mountain in Ecuador and not a hard mountain to climb. It's more like taking a hike at 15,000 feet. But this was the mountain we had lived under and climbed countless times for years. It was the volcano that had rained ash down on us. It was our mountain. We started off early and we're having a good time, hiking, talking, and taking pictures. We reached the top of a long sandy slope and sat ...read more
Ask a Guy
Tara Hedman (yep, the lady who runs this show) and I have been friends for years. A few years ago she asked me to help with what she calls, Ask a Guy Night. Prompted by the blank look on my face, she explained, “As I work with women, sometimes they ask me questions like, ‘Why do men do that!?!?’ to which I reply with something like, "Well, I'm not a man. So..." As a result, periodically, she began hosting, Ask a Guy Night. She bills it as an evening where you can learn, "Everything you ever ...read more
Contentment
My wife ordered a sandwich the other day and asked for wheat bread because it was listed on the menu. The guy at the counter said, “We don’t have wheat bread.” We've been to a KFC that didn't have chicken. Really. I’ve heard of an I-Hop without any pancake batter and a nice restaurant with an enormous menu, but really only had one type of fish. So no wheat bread is no big deal. But the first few times this happens it can be pretty frustrating. You get your heart set on something, your ...read more
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