Many of my clients have worked on their hurt feelings. Wounds that feel as if they were stabbed in the heart. For some people their personal emotional disturbances have been distressing and hurting them for years. Sometimes someone will say … Continue reading
Category Archives: Relationships
“The defects of the mind are like the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and there is always danger of their reopening.” ─ Francoise de la Rochefoucauld 1613-1680 Ouch! That Hurts … Continue reading
Sorry or Apology “You are not too old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret.” Rainer Maria Rilke Some people say words like I ‘m sorry … Continue reading
The Lonely Hunter “Deep in the heart of summer, sweet is life to me still, But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.” ─ William Sharp The heart is a Lonely Hunter; this book title … Continue reading
O, Sir, doubt not but that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a Trout with an Fly? —Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler (1653) Some of my clients have said that they are victimized by seemingly … Continue reading
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Archilochus I have noticed that some of my clients are locked into only one thing, or way of being and thinking. Then there are other clients who have … Continue reading
“Envy does not allow humanity to sleep.” ─ Carl G. Jung, Psychology of the Unconscious Envy On occasion, a client has mentioned that they feel envious or jealous of someone or something else. They might say, “I saw my friend … Continue reading
“Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.” ─ Edward Albert Many times my clients have wondered out loud in their session if they are selfish. As we start to explore their perception of what it means to be … Continue reading
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers. ─unknown Many of my clients have expressed feeling like a “doormat” that anybody can step on. They complain that somebody is always making unacceptable remarks about their personal beliefs, actions, or physical … Continue reading
“[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be.” ― Stephen Levine It has been said by many that compassion is a conscious awareness and desire to relieve suffering and help others. There are some people that interfere, control, … Continue reading