Category: Compassion

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The Kids Aren’t Alright

For most of my career as a therapist, my work has been about empowerment. Helping people find their voice, trust their perceptions, set boundaries, and

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Why are you crying?

A client asked me once, mid-session, “Why are you crying?”  I wasn’t expecting it. But I wasn’t going to pretend it wasn’t happening.  “Because someone

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The Evolution of Masculinity

There is a lot of discussion today about “toxic masculinity.” While some men have a more nuanced understanding of that phrase, many of the men

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Compassion

Martyr or Model

He was sixteen and a half when I met him. He had been sent to Canada from Syria to live with his mother. His father

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Compassion

The End Game

Love is the end game of life. Or Joy, Or Peace. There are many different words we use to describe the experience I am referring

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Compassion

The Blame Game

We all have a sense of who we are. What kind of person we are. This is commonly referred to as the “ego”. There are

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