New Website
It’s finally here! About three and a half months after the anticipated completion date, our new website has finally arrived. The process of creating, re-creating, and tweaking the website just one more time (several times!) has been an excellent lesson in patience. The process also gave me an opportunity to strengthen the focus of the […]
More Black Woman’s Syndrome
by Lexx Brown-James I have discussed Black Woman’s Syndrome before. It’s the need that Black women have to take care of everything and everyone with little or no regard for themselves that is perpetuated by fear of failing someone, anyone, anything. I have discovered something else, how the myth of “strength” and “being strong” exacerbates […]
Slowing Down with a Summer Cold
Today I woke up with a tickle in my throat and a determination not to let this turn into a full summer cold. I thought about all of the calls and emails and busy work that I had to do before seeing my clients. I could rush to work and try to cross everything off […]
Big Hips
Yesterday I was helping my 3 year old get dressed when she exclaimed, “I have big hips.” What?! I must have heard her wrong. “I have big hips” she repeated. My heart started racing. Where did she hear that?! It’s not something I say. Or is it and I don’t remember? I started to get […]
No, I’m not Dr. Phil
I recently had a final session with a client where we reviewed their progress. They achieved the goals that they wanted to in therapy and we were discussing our work together. “How was therapy for you?” I asked. Pause. Pause continues. I started to feel apprehensive. In my head I went over our sessions and […]