Dear Diary— Where the hell is the cruise control on this SOB? In the context of driving, it’s important to know something about me: I am absolutely horrendous at keeping a steady speed. I’m either laying on the gas because I’m rushing through life, or I’m poking along...
Dear Diary— I have a secret I’m just coming to terms with, and it’s a little embarrassing—so you have to promise to keep it. I love romance novels. Yes, those books. The ones often dismissed as cringey, unrealistic, or a guilty pleasure best enjoyed quietly. For a...
Dear Diary— My last journal entry was July 2022, so when I suggest journaling to clients, I have to take a good hard look inside. I know it helps—but sometimes it can feel like just another task added to an already full load. I’ve clearly had an on-again, off-again...
Dear Diary- I cannot get this quote out of my head— “The intimacy of marriage, more than friendship or work, makes it hard to do two different things simultaneously: to have a solid self and to connect deeply with another person.” Mind blown! I keep seeing this...
Dear Diary- It is a unique experience to go through life as a therapist. (There were plenty of other words from the word bank to insert here. Could have been interesting, heavy, a privilege, a burden, fulfilling. I had to pick one for the sake of being concise, but...
Dear Diary- May is always crazy for us. With 3 birthdays (ok maybe 2.5 because we all know mom’s isn’t made a super big deal), baseball, and the general transition into spring (yard clean up, gear switching, etc) It’s enough to make someone crazy. It’s even crazier...
Dear Diary- The power is out for the 3rd time in recent history! And I’m about to blow my lid over it. The first was that 36-hour marathon when the house dropped to 48 degrees. The only actual causality was the fish but other contenders were my sanity, my sense of...
Dear Diary- I came across a quote from Harriett Lerner in the form of a social media post that said “Authenticity is not about telling all—or telling all at once. It’s about making wise decisions about HOW and WHEN to tell WHAT to WHOM”. Um, come again?! It doesn’t...
Dear Diary- My devotional today emphasized how worry, doubt, envy, etc are all a human’s natural bent. This is normal. Faith, however, is unnatural. It’s not our human nature and therefore it can feel like an elusive state I can never quite attain. I think it also...
Dear Diary- Why is it so damn hard to go home on Sunday? No matter where I’m going, where I’ve been, or what time it is, I feel this dread wash over me. A combination of sadness, loss, impending doom. I just had a blast! I’ve got lots of time to decompress. I’m not...
