Pulling Teeth

I come from a long line of dentists.  And I mean looonnggg.  Ready?  Both of my grandfathers were dentists.  My maternal grandfather was also a dental school professor.  My father was a dentist and slated to be the President of the Tennessee Dental Association.   His...

The Benefit of Group Therapy

You sit week after week in a circle with strangers.  You gotta be kidding me. How is this experience helpful?  1. Installation of Hope.  Growth and change are possible.  We can move along the continuum from collapse to coping to thriving.  Observing the improvement in...

Finding the Good

Today is Good Friday.  Traffic was lighter coming into work today.  The stock market is closed.  Congress is in recess.  Thirteen years ago today, I brought home my beautiful son whom I adopted.  And in the lore of Christianity, the pain of death became a reality.  So...

Surrendering to the Good Enough

I hate Reality TV.  In fact, I am not a big TV watcher as it is.  Seems that life is too short to sit around watching other folks have a pretend life when I want to be having a real one.  But … one show that has captured my attention for a few hours has been...

It Was There All Along

One of my favorite children’s stories is the Wizard of Oz.  As a story, it is delightful but as a metaphor, it is profound. We all are walking that yellow brick road … trying to get what we are missing, trying to get back home. Ideally, this journey is...