Putting An End to Self-Betrayal

Putting An End to Self-Betrayal

This blog is about how we cause ourselves so much harm by practicing the fine art of lying, and most especially, lying to ourselves, also known as self-betrayal. Early in our work together, I ask my clients who feel lost in confusion, “What are you lying about?” “Who...
Fear of Flying & Other Limiting Beliefs

Fear of Flying & Other Limiting Beliefs

As I post this, I’m spending the second half of August with my 2 youngest grand-girls, Emma & Hanna, as well as their parents, my son Jonathan & daughter-in-law Claartje, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. There was a time when I could not have made the trip,...
Where Freedom Lives

Where Freedom Lives

In my experience the ultimate prison, sometimes carrying a life sentence, is caused by losing ourselves in the process of obsessively attempting to control the behavior and the outcome of the behavior of someone else.      This often occurs, but not exclusively, in...
Creating Belonging from an Epidemic of Loneliness

Creating Belonging from an Epidemic of Loneliness

What we are experiencing in personal & public life today is more than loneliness, it is a crisis of belonging. Without question, the COVID 19 pandemic exacerbated the conditions for loneliness. It is also true that the current epidemic of loneliness was firmly...