The Practitioner’s Dilemma, Part 2

Last week I wrote about practitioners who derail in their practices by having their personal energy set in such a way that they’re in their patient & client’s soup.  Not only is it depleting and exhausting to live that way, but energetically, it’s like wearing someone else’s workout clothes.  Ewwwww….. This week CK is going … Read more

The Practitioner’s Dilemma

Do you have any idea what it’s like to sit across from a patient (or client) in a therapeutic/healing  session and discover that what the patient is describing to you is what’s happening in your own life experience?  It happens all the time!  And it can be pretty challenging to say the least.  The reason … Read more

Unbundling Thought-Bundles

Last week I heard from a client who was carrying around all kinds of negative emotional energy.  She had these thoughts and emotions wired up as really big, powerful and pervasive.  It was all she could see, feel, hear and sense about herself.  She told me that she felt frightened, scared and overwhelmed. Bless her … Read more

Well, Isn’t That Special?

Remember Dana Carvey as Church Lady and that line from Saturday Night Live?  It went viral before we knew what it meant to go viral.  Want to hear it again? Let’s reframe that line just a bit into, Well, Aren’t You Special.  Why?  Because it works for the post, that’s why.  Moving on… A friend … Read more

How to Avoid Your Life

My, doesn’t this sound like an evolved thing to do?  Avoid Your Life.  Sign me up!  How do I do this and do it well?  It’s got to be an involved, intricate process to avoid your life, right? Sadly, not really.  There’s a lot of ways to get it done.  And we’ll review the top … Read more

The Grace of Space

I’ve been taking a little space lately.  In lots of ways.  Space from my school and my practice.  Space from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.  Space from idle chitchat and meaningless conversation.  Space from socializing. Space. I took some more substantial space this past weekend, choosing to go on a retreat for rest, … Read more