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I think it’s a true statement that a person with a deep and big heart will experience suffering. I also think that those who do feel deeply can sometimes believe that there’s something wrong. I’ve seen several people in early… Continue Reading →
I once heard a group of therapists talking about client readiness. They went back and forth about approaches and methodologies; I was mostly disinterested until someone said, “We shouldn’t be opening doors that we can’t close.” Since then, I’ve used… Continue Reading →
Clouds make noise. I know they do because I hear them all the time. It’s a loud, grumbling noise. Like a jet. Thing is, it’s no jet thunder, but the sound that a thick and dense and gray mass makes… Continue Reading →
When I was young, maybe nine or ten years old, I wore a purple t-shirt that had a muscle-bound guy wearing a “wife-beater” and blue bandana over his head. He had his fist raised to the sky and behind him… Continue Reading →
I was sitting with a group of people one day when the topic cocaine addiction infiltrated our discussion. Amidst the clinging glasses and harried waitresses running around, my blood began to heat. I listened as those around me discussed a… Continue Reading →
Whenever I learn a new piece of music, I don’t try to learn the whole thing at once. Music is often so complex that it can overwhelm me if I try to take it on all at the same time…. Continue Reading →
I don’t know why some people end up lost within an addiction while others don’t. Nor can I say with any certainty that a given treatment plan will work. In situations of great complexity, of which addiction is one, there… Continue Reading →
Does sobriety have value? The question seems silly and its response seems obvious: OF COURSE! But, if you really look what sobriety means for some people, the answer becomes a bit harder to give. There are those whose lives burdened… Continue Reading →
The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →
Without any doubt, one of the biggest frustrations in life for me is watching people fill roles for which they aren’t qualified. Especially if those roles have a leadership component, I watch the unqualified struggle with the requirements of the… Continue Reading →
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