Field Notes from a Counselor in Nashville
As a counselor in Nashville and an artist at heart, I help women who feel overwhelmed and out of balance find ease, joy, and connection. Writing has always been one of my favorite ways to feel and to make sense of the world. Below, you’ll find musings that blend therapy insights with what it means to be human.
What Happens When We Slow Down? Gestalt Therapy and the Art of Experiment
Gestalt therapy invites us to slow down, pay attention to our present experience, and experiment with new possibilities. A reflection on here-and-now awareness, spontaneous experiments, and the paradoxical theory of change.
Finding Our Way Forward: Awareness, Agency, and Hope
When what we thought would hold no longer feels certain, we often find ourselves grieving what we believed to be true and afraid of what comes next. As we pay more attention to what's happening within us and around us, we can begin to see new possibilities and find hope through our attention and our doing.
Anxiety, Wonder, and Shared Joy: Expanding the Range of What's Possible
Wonder doesn't erase anxiety or uncertainty, but it can expand our experience of being alive. Reflections on beauty, connection, and shared joy.
Staying Present When the World is Overwhelming: Anxiety, Awareness, and Action
When the world is overwhelming, how do we stay connected to ourselves, to others, and to what gives us life? A reflection on anxiety, awareness, and staying steady amid the noise to discover possibilities for meaningful action.
From It to I: The Small Shifts That Bring Us Closer
A small shift in language—from it to I—can bring us surprisingly closer to ourselves, our feelings, and our lived experience.
can we put the Earth back?
Earlier this week I wrote about creation stories—how the stories we inherit shape what we believe about ourselves and about the world. Now, I offer a companion poem in which I consider that remembering our true beginning might help us imagine a different way forward.
Creation Stories: How Our Beginnings Shape Who We Are
The stories we carry about our beginnings can shape how we understand who we are, what is possible, and how we move through the world.
Doomscrolling, Anxiety, and the Practice of Attention
When we’re surrounded by frightening and heartbreaking news, it can be easy to lose sight of what else is happening around us. What happens when we practice shifting our attention?
Taking Ourselves Seriously: Women, Selflessness, and Living Fully
What happens when selflessness becomes a requirement rather than a choice? A reflection on women, care, voice, and learning to inhabit our selves.
Taking Yourself Seriously: Finding Your Work to Do in the World
What does it mean to take yourself seriously? A reflection on curiosity, life transitions, purpose, and listening for the work that is ours to do.
Living Fully: Moving from Anxiety to Attention and Wonder
Anxiety isn't simply something to overcome, but an invitation to pay closer attention. A reflection on embodiment, wonder, and the practice of staying awake to our lives and the world around us.
On Climbing and Connection: Field Notes from a Nashville Counselor
In climbing and in life, there are no guarantees. We might fall, though we might also find something beautiful. Either way, we’re in connection with ourselves, each other, and the earth. This is what holds, and what makes the risk worthwhile.