Ginger's Blog
Damn on you Death
A good friend of mine died last weekend. She was one day shy of turning 64. Brain cancer got her. And it only gave her a three-month notice. I was not done being friends with my friend. I want more time. But, I guess death got demanding. It did not listen to my...
Relational Success: The Five Winning Strategies
Here are five sure-fire-never-fail ways to make your relationships more effective. And remember, that changing my behavior - working my side of the net - will impact the dynamic of the relationship, even if the other person keeps doing the same unproductive thing...
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 alongside...
Rescuing Psychotherapy’s Image
It still boggles my mind that we - the advocates for emotional health - cannot rid ourselves from an umbrella of shame. Deeply embedded stereotypes still persist in our field - ones of mental illness, Nurse Ratched, crazed hysteria and weakness - all that can...
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