“ I cannot think of anything more important than us dedicating time and energy to making sense of this crazy, beautiful journey called life. Together.”

“ I cannot think of anything more important than us dedicating time and energy to making sense of this crazy, beautiful journey called life. Together.”

I want to remember that is was all real, that we happened, that we were here, that we mattered.

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July 2, 2018

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As I enter into my 41st year, I felt a sudden desire to return here to my blog and write. It has been awhile. I have shared poems and other words on social media, and a few here as well. But, it has been some time since I have sat down to reflect, write out

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Sharing a few thoughts from a session with a patie

These are some of the beautiful and strong women i

As a psychiatrist, most of my work, our work, is t

Be who you are Speak who you are Love who you are.

After my foot and ankle injury a few weeks ago, ti

Many times, love comes hidden in the disguise of b

What started out as a usual daily trail run ended $What started out as a usual daily trail run ended badly last week. Swipe to see the damage—a fractured fibula and sprained ankle that has had me in pain and laid up for ten days and counting. Lessons learned: 1) pain consumes all of your physical, mental and emotional resources. 2) I am much more comfortable helping others than being helped. 3) I have been forced to slow down if not stop in every single aspect of daily life. How much we take our ability to live, walk, drive, cook, for granted. 4) Family, friends and strangers are kind and want to assist—so much of our pure human nature is to help those who are suffering in some form or another. 5) The best help comes in the form of love, a hand to hold, a warm hug, a joke. Always, the small things are the big things. 6.) I am reminded—this pain is visible, and will end. For my patients, and many of us—the struggle of depression, anxiety, trauma cannot be seen by the eye, nor is the end always within reach. We never know what another being is going through. But we can always offer our gentle presence, our love, our kindness—it will never be wasted, and often, means more than we will ever come to know.$

These last couple of weeks have been a time to slo

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