DID and Accountability

A reader sent me an email asking me to talk about dissociative identity disorder (DID) and accountability. More specifically, the reader wants to know how to take responsibility for our behavior and actions and not dissociate when you have DID. I have always maintained that a person with DID is responsible for all behaviors and [...]

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Cutting for Stone and Abu Kassem’s Slippers

I am currently reading the book Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. I came across some amazing words of wisdom in this book that I would like to share with you. The book shares an African tale about Abu Kassem’s slippers. Abu Kassem is a merchant who holds onto his battered slippers even though they [...]

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New Year’s Resolution (Goal): Mindfulness

I am not typically one for making a New Year’s Resolution. Quite frankly, I don’t need the pressure – I don’t need one more thing to make me feel badly about myself when I mess up. So, I am not going to call this my New Year’s Resolution. Instead, it will be my “goal” for [...]

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Postmortem View of the Holidays

It looks like I survived the holidays again. I wonder if I will ever reach a place where this fact is not a complete surprise to me. I have been surviving the holiday season for over four decades, but, in the moment, each holiday season seems like the one that will finally break me. From [...]

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Black Swan: Movie about Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse

My sister and I saw the movie Black Swan together over the holidays. As two survivors of mother-daughter sexual abuse, the underlying theme driving the story was glaringly obvious, but I suspect that the movie is much more of a puzzle for those who have not suffered from childhood trauma. I don’t see much yet [...]

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2010 in review

Everyone, I received this update from WordPress and thought it was interesting enough to share. :0) The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per [...]

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Blogroll, etc.

I have removed all of the dead links from my blogroll and made sure that all other links running down the right side of the blog are active. I have also added all of the requests and changes I have received in the past couple of months. Please email me or post a comment to [...]

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