We all have plenty of garbage. Painful stuff from the past, whether it’s harm that was done to us, mistakes we’ve made or bouts of bad luck that set us back. Crap. Baggage. Stuff. What I’m puzzled by is the way so many of us seem to cling tightly to the garbage, as though itRead more
A perfectly good game of catch
Anderson Mancini / Foter / CC BY My first job out of college (not counting a few highly-forgettable temping nightmares–definitely another blog post) was at a wonderful, progressive child welfare agency in Chicago. The agency was a pioneer in an approach that’s now common in social services called wraparound. As the name implies, wraparound grewRead more
Quid pro quo
“From the Latin,” says Wikipedia, meaning “something for something.” It’s implicit in just about every conversation I have with my therapy patients about fairness. It’s the idea that when we do something for someone, we should expect them to do something of roughly equal value in return. We feel taken advantage of if we giveRead more
What’s your status?
Several weeks ago one of my therapy groups got to talking about being friendly and open to building relationships and getting closer to the people in our lives. It turned out that what caused hesitation in reaching out to others, letting friends and family know you care (or that you’d like to spend time together)Read more
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