Mental Health

If you are a human in 2025 you’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “the body keeps the score.” The phrase originates from a book by the same name: The Body…

Nov 4 •

As you read this, I am heading to Franklin, Tennessee, to spend a few days with daughters and their families, and also to attend a training for…

Sep 9 •

I go to therapy - a reprint

One year ago I wrote this essay to answer all the questions, mostly from Christians, about why I would seek psychotherapy.

Aug 12 •

three things I learned in the first half of 2025, and a favorite quote

Jul 15 •

What it isn't, how it helps

Jul 8 •

Which came first

the thought or the emotion?

May 20 •

Two years ago when only two or three of you were here, I wrote an essay about my experience with panic and what little I knew about it.

May 13 •

Healing, part 2

we keep talking about how it's an endless journey

Apr 29 •

This is like that

explaining triggers to someone who has never experienced them

Mar 11 •

Love or control

We live far from town.

Feb 18 •

your body remembers even when your brain does not

Feb 11 •

finding treasures in the darkness

Feb 4 •

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