Personal Essay: Behaving Better

I have had the opportunity to participate in a writing group this month.  The following excerpt is from one of my entries: There are some days I am unable to behave better.  I know I should.  I should just dust off that Super Woman cape and make it happen.  But I...

Give Me the Slower Version, Please

“But that would take so much time!” she protested in response to my having walked her and her partner through the intentional set-up of healthy relational dialogue. And in my direct, no bullshit way I respond, “And so? Why is that a problem? Make the time! What more...

The Seasons of Grief

If grieving were as easy as three simple steps! But somehow, in its madness, having a life vest to ride the wave, an understanding that there is a sequence, we might feel more grounded in a groundless reality. I have broken down the grief stages into a metaphor of the...