It all began with a touch to the finger that started this “now 11-year” journey in therapy. Today I have found what connection truly means not only to others, not only to my story but to myself. Today marks 11 years I have been in therapy with my therapist Andy and I can’t even begin to express how truly honored and blessed I am to be working side by side with one of the most caring and kind-hearted people I have ever come to meet. When I began this journey in therapy I walked in with already one foot out…

“Those who do not weep, do not see.”  – Victor Hugo I’m sleeping soundly, and then I find myself crying in my sleep, and when I realize this, I am wrestling and struggling to wake up out of the dream – and when I wake, I have tears rolling down my face and the emotions build even bigger as I continue to cry. I then realize, WAIT I just woke up out of a dream, why am I crying and why am I so sad? Sometimes I will stop crying right away, sit and think about it, feel puzzled on…

A lot of people have asked me how I have managed to move through the hardest part of therapy to where I am today 10 years later? My answer has always been “It’s almost like pushing past the hardest parts of the waves in the ocean – to the other side where the calm waters are. I have read so many blogs written by people who are in therapy who struggle with the process of healing, and struggle with feeling worse than actually feeling better! when I see that, I smile and say “yes, but that is normal, and it…