later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
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We all want to be liked.
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Fear.
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I once read a biography about John Lennon.
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I was a kid of the 70s.
There was good music and bad fashion (while I did rock a pair of checkered pants, I never could get on board the flared pant with platform shoe phenomenon).
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A description of a spider spinning her web is used to great metaphoric effect in one of my favorite book series, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. As explained, a spider spins two kinds of silk - one is sticky and the other is dry.
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Happiness is all the rage.
It is pursued, analyzed, dissected, scrutinized, criticized, judged, manipulated, revered, sought, denied, displayed and flayed.
Ask anyone: What do you want?
Inevitably the answer you will hear is the elusive, "to be happy."
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My daughters and I recently saw the new Pixar film Inside-Out. This film beautifully explores the interplay between the emotions of an 11-year-old girl named Riley and their role in shaping her experience of the world as she navigates major life changes. At its core this story examines what it is to be alive and to be human.
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Back in 1999, the alternative rock band, Guster, released a song called, "What You Wish For." It's a powerful but subtle look at how our beliefs shape our reality.
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Many of my clients struggle with preserving a strong sense of self within a relationship; be it an intimate relationship or one with their children. There is a sense of loss. A confusion over where one ends and the other begins.
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