by Deborah Cox | May 27, 2016 | Mood
I Write to Grow Up I struggle to differentiate, as we all do. Leaving home is a lifelong process, as described by Murray Bowen, the father of family systems theory. But writing my novel, Wife Material, about the process of leaving home, catapulted me forward. That’s...
by Deborah Cox | Apr 25, 2016 | Becoming More of Your True Self, EMDR, Therapy, Write and Heal
My clients report LOTS of guilt. Guilt over everything . . . being a rebellious teen (thirty years ago) . . . failing to protect their children from unforeseen tragedies . . . eating desserts . . . not living up to their potential . . . breaking someone’s heart...
by Deborah Cox | Feb 22, 2016 | Mood
You have a story to tell (and it lives in your body.) As you know, I recommend writing as a way of healing. When we write story, we turn pain into beauty, even if we’re spinning complete fiction. Writing forces us to transform bits of disconnected ideas, pictures,...
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 | Nov 3, 2014 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Create Art, Mood, Therapy
You wake to your alarm, grab the phone to shut it off, and groan. You feel sort of depressed, sort of sick. You’d pay someone a thousand dollars if you could just stay in bed without facing consequences later. You force your body upright and swing your feet to the...
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