I honestly never felt anxiety  until I left my hometown of Milwaukee in 2020 at the age of 55. Making the decision to leave was hard enough, but COVID-19 made me question my decision. If not for my young adult children kicking me out of the nest, I might not have gone, which means I would not have "circled back," as an entirely new version of myself ready to get back to work in my hometown. My second coming of age, mid-life sexual awakening , and the most ironic transformativ

The other day, I had an exhilarating networking chat with someone new. It was one of those rare conversations that stimulated my body,...

Behind the smiling faces of the people who raise money for small non-profits and write grants for charter schools, are stressed out human...

“It was subtle and strange, the first stirring that disrupted the illusion that all was well in my life. I barely noticed it, but the...

I had planned to let Monday (Inauguration Day) come and go quietly until one of my clients told me she desperately needed help countering...

Can you feel it? Can you sense the threshhold between the old year and the new one right around the corner? It's like a doorway between...

There's no better time to take a risk  when everything is falling apart around you. Out of the moments of despair, helplessness,...

“Victory is celebrated in the light, but it is won in the darkness.”   “Adversity always lies on the path of advancement.”   “One way or...

"This is precisely the time When Artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no...

Most of my clients don’t come to me to explore their relationship with alcohol but almost all of them eventually bring it up. This makes...

My former husband and I tried to save our marriage in our own way. When was the beginning of the end? After twenty years, the role of...

“Freaking Hermes!” This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing. He didn’t...

I’m always excited to have a meaningful chat on Dose of Depth, but there’s extra excitement when our chat clashes with current events. A...

Over the past few years we have gotten a chance to learn about the psychological concept of projection. In fact, the term projection is...

Are You a Peace Builder? What does that even mean? There are those who label themselves as the peace maker of the family, for example,...

The overarching task right now is the reconciliation of the oldest wound of humanity, which is patriarchy. This wound manifests in very...

Free to Be You and Me How often do you feel free to be the real you? Do you even know what it looks and feels like to walk around being...

Connecting More Deeply with What's Around You. Pick up an object in your house, something you can hold in your hands. What is the first...

Have you ever gone back to the theater to see the same movie multiple times? Is there a TV series that you’ve watched over and over? Your...

I had one of my writer friends back for a third chat on Dose of Depth podcast. I met JD Edwin, author of the Headspace series at The...

I don’t know where the moon is in its monthly cycle, but this is turning into an interesting week. Of course, it all started with a...

Enjoy another valuable contribution by my colleague, a frequent guest on Dose of Depth Podcast. This one is a little heavier, but I know...