by Deborah Cox | Dec 5, 2015 | Mood
Yesterday, frost covered my car as I rushed out to go to my wonderful cardio boxing class. My mind overflowed with dilemmas to be settled at work AND all sorts of exciting connections lit me up because of deep family conversations I’d had the night before. I talked...
by Deborah Cox | Dec 2, 2015 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Connect, EMDR, Mood, Relationships, Therapy
“It Must be My Fault” Beth gets the guilt like a reflex if anything goes wrong…..Especially if it involves her partner or her kids. “If Stuart’s in a bad mood, I assume it has something to do with me.” She feels responsible for her divorce. “If I had been calmer and...
by Deborah Cox | Nov 23, 2015 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Connect, Mood, Relationships, Therapy
Every time I see you, I say a little prayer of thanks that you’re in my life. You help me more than you know. I’m thankful….. …..for the new ideas you bring to me. …..for your smiling eyes that greet me even though your heart is full of pain. …..for your honesty that...
by Deborah Cox | Nov 5, 2015 | Mood
Therapists talk a lot about boundaries, but we don’t often stop to define them. So this week, as I catch more than my usual number of despairing text messages (maybe it’s the weather?), I need to give myself a refresher course. Hopefully you’ll get something out of...
by Deborah Cox | Oct 31, 2015 | Mood
Too Much Everything. Please, Make it Stop. I get this way when I’m overwhelmed. When my calendar gets so tight I can’t find room for lunch with a friend, something has to give. So I ask myself questions to see if I can find a way out of the madness and into a more...
by Deborah Cox | Oct 17, 2015 | Mood
I purged my childhood belief system and started over. I ran to psychology. It explained everything, including all those simple minds who still drank the Kool-Aid. Near the end of the purging process, I said to a wise friend, “I am an atheist.” He just smiled. My...
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