Like many other Portlanders who don’t have air conditioning, I was on Wednesday morning this week trying to catch a bit of shut-eye during the few final cool hours before the arrival […]
I remember the waterbed fondly. I was 11 years old, living in Houston, and during the hot muggy summers, we spent far too many hours indoors, avoiding the heat and […]
It was one more waiting room. One more procedure. This one, to examine a curious-looking growth on her pancreas, Marlene swore would be the last. “It’s nothing,” she said. “We’re […]
Shortly after I started a blog for this site last year, aspects of my personal and professional life were suddenly upturned in surprising ways, not unlike a till cutting into […]
People occasionally ask about the name of my therapy practice: Five Bodies Counseling. Some want to know if there are five therapists in the room. (No, unless I’m co-facilitating a […]
After a busy winter, minga lily and I have finally nailed down dates for a new Five Bodies workshop this spring. Five Bodies of Grief & Loss: Awakening and Renewal […]
Many years ago, when I was in graduate school, I maintained a blog. It was a wild, eclectic and rambling sort of affair in which everyone had pseudonyms, including me, […]