I run a couple of fitness e-courses. (The next one begins on March 9th, and if you want to get in shape and tighten up and just become more active overall with some real moms dealing with real life, click here). Anyway, I’ve got two different groups running right now. And we have all become […]
imago therapy
What I learned in therapy today.
You know those bitchy wives on TV sitcoms? The ones who roll their eyes at their husbands? The ones like Leah Remini on King of Queens? And Patricia Heaton on Everybody Loves Raymond? Well… I’ve kind of turned into one of them. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not taking all the blame for […]
Being comfortable is overrated.
So I think my therapist and the owner of my yoga studio might secretly be the same person. Just kidding. But I know one of the reasons why I love my therapist and yoga so much… A lot of the dialogue in both rooms is the same. There is a lot of talk about setting intentions […]
Harmonious, romantic, and musical.
They say opposites attract. My husband and I are, in many ways, polar opposities. And we are closing in on ten years of marriage. Ten years of ups and downs. The ups have been far outnumbered by the downs, and we have spent much of our marriage acting as adversaries. Instead of teammates. There have been so […]
What I learned in therapy today. (Or, random acts of kindness…they’re not just for strangers).
Today was our second session with the new marriage therapist. (You can read my post about our first session here. Now, at some point, I will get into the details of how this therapy works. But not until I know more about the process. Let me just say that in this Imago therapy, you don’t rehash […]
It’s time to treat the relationship.
I have written about my thoughts on marriage before. You can read them here. If you don’t have time to read that, here are the cliff notes: Marriage is really fucking hard. And that’s when things are going pretty well. You know we are going through a very difficult time financially. That doesn’t make marriage any easier. Throw seven […]