“…may we all tell the stories that come straight from our hearts, especially the ones that are difficult to unpack, the ones that could use a little more light. Is it a story that’s hard to tell? I’d argue those are the moments when we are guarding treasure, when someone needs what we have. MayContinue reading “Digging Deep”
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To ERP Is Human; to Forgive Divine
“Take a breath. Remember your ERP training. Remember how far you’ve come, but also remember, you are human.“ It’s bedtime. I yawn, close my door, thankful that the days of dreading bedtime as if it were a trip to the dentist are behind me. Obsessive compulsive disorder always plagued me the worst at night. ItContinue reading “To ERP Is Human; to Forgive Divine”
From Cleveland with Love
“You need to help remove the stigma, not promote it. Be honest with each other when a colleague asks how you feel or when someone attempts to tell you how they feel. You have to be willing to have honest dialog about these concerns if you are ever going to help others, the very reasonContinue reading “From Cleveland with Love”
“The Look”
“Maybe the person you talk to today doesn’t seem to ‘get it.’ What we don’t know about is the person that individual may meet with tomorrow. What we share, ripples. We don’t know where those ripples lead, but we have faith that they keep going. Thank you to Jeff Herman of the Jeff Herman LiteraryContinue reading ““The Look””
Closing the Four
“I want to close the four, take my pen and make one little mark, and I would, too, if I believed that would be the end of it, but it won’t. I’ve been here before…It’s not a number. It’s a trap.” What’s so powerful it could drag you into its lair with a little markContinue reading “Closing the Four”
Harm OCD: You Are Not Alone 