An Update from Dr. Sharp Michelangelo is famously quoted as saying at the age of eighty-seven, “I am still learning.” While I wouldn’t compare myself to him, I deeply resonate with that sentiment. This summer marked 50 years since I began practicing medicine, and my...
Leo Tolstoy opened his blockbuster novel Anna Karenina with this famous statement: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And went from there to show -- in gloriously artful detail -- how one family's story could exemplify...
A conversation: I wish I could trust life, a sad Part lamented. Tell me more about that, said Self, what does 'trust life' mean to you? It's like...expecting the good to happen. For me, it's the opposite. I distrust the good, and expect bad stuff. The opposite of...
Dear Friend, Because you found resonance with it, I listened to this podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YhFtVw5JlM8NFuJXgxwbn?si=087f7ec3a4364708 I admire Glennon's commitment to tread the rough path of recovery from anorexia. Yes I do. And no doubt this IS...
Ego is what holds my Parts together into a functioning Me. Parts who are burdened, carrying unhealed wounds and unmet fears, derange Ego into reactions of hostility, fear, greed, anger and blaming. With my Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist's help, I connect with...