My sister and I play a little game.  One of us will text the other a couple of lines from a song and the other will respond with the...

What happens is rarely what we think will happen. One thing I have noticed about worry is that the things I focus on to worry about are...

This is not an April Fool’s blog despite it being 4/1.  I don’t have the current talent/focus to write a good April Fool’s blog.  A good...

One of the things I love about the two models that I’m the most trained in, Natural Lifemanship (the horse therapy) and IFS (Internal...

I spoke with my sister-in-law the other day.  She has a lot on her plate, coordinating care for aging parents, launching young adults as...

When I was in college my sister’s boyfriend at the time crashed his bike.  He skinned his knee badly.  Not knowing what to do he called...

Phone phobia is real. I’ve been watching Dimension 20 and in an episode that I recently watched some of the characters are trying to...

Monster or bag? My husband and I had just finished loading a bag of supplemental feed into the storage bin, and so we put the empty bag...

Safety is the goal for mental and physical health, but it is complicated. When we feel safe, we can relax.  When we can relax others can...

It’s time for a new start! I’ve written before about new year’s resolutions, but they come round every year (and different times a year...

Something is stuck in my head. I woke up this morning with an earworm in my head. Unfortunately, it is just a musical phrase and I can’t...

I have a minor in dance, Flamenco dance specifically. So I spent a fair amount of time in Carlise gym, in classes or prepping for them. ...

Doesn’t “neurodivergent” mean “socially awkward?” It can, but not all neurodivergent people are socially impaired. Some of them are...

There is a LOT of advice floating around out there (and here I am just adding to it!) Most of it is well meaning but it can be difficult...

“That’s awesome!” we tend to throw this term around with wild abandon. But have you ever paused to think about what the word “awesome”...

I’m reading an old book in a new light. The old book is about Social Thinking. Socially Curious and Curiously Social by Michelle Garcia...

Procrastination, what happened to my motivation? My last blog post was almost a year ago. I had been blogging at random intervals, based...

There is a social norm of setting a New Year’s resolution at the start of each year. I’ve seen statistics that state only about 10% of...

There is a term in the art world that describes a rich layering of light and dark to get a three-dimensional effect: chiaroscuro. It...

I had an idea in my head for my illustration of the Trauma Tree for my post on traumatic growth. Having taken a few photos of some...