Category Archives: Therapist’s Journey

Chartres: The Inner Cathedral

The first time I was in France I spent three weeks in Paris before taking that one-hour train ride to Chartres. The famed Cathedral sat at the edge of my plate like the perfect strawberry one might put aside to … Continue reading

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On Missing Things As They Are

Last evening it was a young activist working to save the Sonoma County landscape. Today it was two men selling religion. Ever since our last Chihuahua went to doggie heaven, people can be at the door ringing the bell before … Continue reading

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Don’t Go Back to Sleep

“I stayed in bed for three weeks trying to figure out what to do with my life, but nothing came to me.” She was saying this to her companion as they ascended the stairs, two urbane thirty-something women on their … Continue reading

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IT’S NOT A BED OF ROSES—OR IS IT?

This is the story of a woman who timidly got out of a mediocre marriage and with her feet still dripping those tepid waters plunged into a passionate union that was wonderfully happy and fulfilling—until the day her new husband … Continue reading

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The Holder of the Image

It was quite by accident that we met one recent autumn afternoon. Now edging into his 50’s, and looking wisely professorial, he had just completed his university degree. We immediately recognized each other from a class we had shared 33 … Continue reading

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