The pain of peer parental privilege.“Oh we could have never afforded a home in Berkeley if our parents hadn’t given us the down payment!”Sep 301Sep 301
Covert Narcissism: Understanding and Healing from Its EffectsMy four-year-old daughter absolutely loves Taylor Swift.Sep 231Sep 231
A 101 on Trauma & Why Talking About It MattersEach and every week since I started practicing as a therapist well over a decade ago, I get asked some iteration of the question:Sep 16Sep 16
Examples of how faulty psychological foundations may be tested in the 30s and 40s.In my last article, we explored why and how life in the 30s and 40s may feel harder for a certain segment of the population: those of us…Sep 9Sep 9
“Why does life feel so much harder in the 30’s and 40’s?”“Why does life feel so much harder in the 30’s and 40’s?”Sep 2Sep 2
Who would you have been if it was safe?I was having lunch with a new friend, a fellow therapist, in San Francisco the other day.Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Why the grandma from Encanto is so relatable…My daughter, like almost every four-year-old out there, loves Encanto.Nov 13, 2022Nov 13, 2022
AFGO’s as your litmus test…Back in the day when I lived and worked at Esalen, I first heard the term AFGO.Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
Reparenting yourself sometimes looks like not pushing yourself.“Yeah, I don’t know if I can do this…”Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Marie Kondo’ing your maladaptive beliefs…A beloved client of mine and I were about two-thirds of the way through our weekly telehealth EMDR session and we were deep into the…Aug 7, 2022Aug 7, 2022
