by Deborah Cox | Sep 25, 2014 | Mood, Relationships
Max says, “I need to get help or I’m going to lose my family.” Max feels like a failure as a mate and as a father. At age 45, he works 60 hours a week to provide his family’s comfortable lifestyle. He coaches kids’ soccer teams. He takes...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 11, 2014 | Connect, Mood, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Therapy
What does it mean to be “disconnected”? Maybe you see the title of this article and you get the spiritual meaning, before reading another line. Yes, I feel disconnected: from my kids, my partner, my neighbors. Detachments and interruptions make us lonely and...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 11, 2014 | Beauty Culture, Books & Short Stories, Connect, Relationships, Women
In the mirror at Pilates class, I discreetly scan the line of women in workout attire. I perceive I have the widest hips in the room. I feel a downward tug of tension for the rest of the day. Low back. QL muscle. To shake it off, I seek another comparison in which I...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 11, 2014 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Create Art, Feel Better, Therapy, Women
I was 41 and it seemed like the gate had closed forever on my life goals. I couldn’t sleep. I coughed constantly and had mysterious pain in my butt that resisted all chiropractics. I kept falling – even up the stairs. I felt trapped in an academic job I’d...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 11, 2014 | Create Art, Feel Better
I love to write and collage and paint. And I love to help smart people do more of the creative work they were meant to do in this world. I also do EMDR therapy. That’s eye-movement-desensitization and reprocessing therapy. Click here to learn more about EMDR, the most...
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