poetry
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How to Keep Cool When it’s Hot Hot Hot
What are your tricks to beat Summer heat? Iced coffee, salads, and popsicle treats? Sprinklers, water hoses cooling hot feet?…
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Poetry on Impermanence
Thank you to Michael Bridges and Stan Kozakowski for sharing the following poems from their guided hike in November 2023.…
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Reflections on Impermanence
The only constant in life is change. It is a well-known saying — and undeniably true. As the last of…
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Conceptual Journey
What is taken for granted? What goes quicker than we thought? What can be wasted the most?…
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Everyday Eulogy: Open-Hearted, Expressive Practices for a Kinder World
In all our interactions, we have an opportunity to share the kindnesses that naturally arise in our hearts or to…
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Why Wait for the Eulogy?
In December, a dear friend turned sixty. She and her husband were throwing a party to celebrate, inviting friends and…
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Autumn Days
Pipitone red & gold leaves, crisp air tell me autumn is here – they crunch under my feet…
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My Mantra for the past 40 years: The Influence of Roethke’s The Waking:
I thought I would close these musings on poetry and the journey of life with a poem that I first…
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The Difficult Work of Recovering Love for One’s Self After Love Has Ended
One of the more common and heartbreaking reasons that many people decide to enter therapy is due to the end…
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The Difficult Work of Love
When I first see couples who are struggling in their relationship, I sometimes share this line from the poet Rilke…
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Leaving Home and Learning to Listen to Your Own Voice
Leaving home and starting to separate and individuate from our families is one of the first, most difficult, and exciting…
