by Kate | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what psychologists call “positive scanning.” I’m waiting for good things to...
by Kate | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is Back when I was learning to be a therapist, I comforted myself with the notion that there is no “value-free” therapy. [Someone along the way...
by Kate | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
I learn about starting over from meditation. I intend to keep my attention on the breath, but it wanders off, planning my day, wondering about relationships, imagining character improvements. My task is to let those thoughts go and return my attention to my breath....
by Kate | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
They tell you that you must plan ahead: put the light spots there first and work around them carefully. They tell you that if the dark goes down first there is no way to recover. But you discover as you go painting yellow desperately across blue That the light shines...
by Kate | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
“I spent that whole year…preparing to die,” said the guy on NBC news describing the wait between his first and second biopsies. “I wasn’t enjoying living. I was scared of the possibility that I might have cancer and that I would die.” The folks from...
by Kate | Jul 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what psychologists...
