A Heartwarming Rant of a Trauma Therapist

A Heartwarming Rant of a Trauma Therapist

Blog posts can be challenging for me to write. Not because I don’t have things to say – those that know me well know that I have a lot of thoughts and opinions. But because it feels uncomfortable to take on an expert role. That feels like a particularly difficult role...
A Patti Smith Moment

A Patti Smith Moment

When I think of mindfulness, I always think of Patti Smith. Yep, that Patti Smith who wrote the book Just Kids that chronicles her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Or you may know her better as an amazing singer-songwriter whose album Horses appears on many top...
An Exploration of Body: Roxane Gay’s Hunger

An Exploration of Body: Roxane Gay’s Hunger

Trigger Warning: The book recommended in the following post discusses sexual assault and disordered eating. We all have a story of our body. How our body holds the things that have happened to us, what we have put into our bodies to comfort, soothe, appease, suppress....