Look, it reblooms! I got this four months ago on Valentine’s Day. I’m not great with plants, I don’t make plants rebloom. I water it as best I can, put it in some light. I help provide some of the conditions in which the plant grows on its own. I don’t make people rebloom either,ContinueContinue reading “how to rebloom”
Author Archives: Rebecca
therapy is like…
I am your Olaf.And like Anna, I have tools to shine a light into the place, and keep us warm.Also, the way in is not spooky to me.As a human being and a therapist, I am experienced in dark places seemingly with no way out. No matter how you got here, if you feel aloneContinueContinue reading “therapy is like…”
生氣 angry = aliveness
In Chinese, “angry” and “aliveness” are the same word used in different context: 生氣. The first character, 生, means – “alive, to generate”; and 氣 is qi, which is the life force (also air, breath) When anger is denied, when we divorce ourselves from angry feelings, we are cutting off a portion of our lifeContinueContinue reading “生氣 angry = aliveness”
can’t explain the feelings
Some of us can feel empty and lonely on the inside, despite having on the outside what most people will describe as a good life. Some of us just can’t shake the feeling that “I’m a bad person” or “Nobody really likes me”, despite also having evidence that they maintain positive relationships. These may beContinueContinue reading “can’t explain the feelings”