The guest house

The blame game
Poison or virtue?

To-do lists

Mental health is morally neutral
Mental health is morally neutral
No more new things.

The best present is presence.

Screw up more. Happy Thanksgiving.
Practicing mistakes to develop tolerance for authentic living

It should feel weird.
It should feel weird to be healthy after not being healthy

Adaptive
Our adaptations are incredible and protect us from harm. But when the dust settles, we need to heal from those adaptations.

Let go or be dragged.

Do less, don’t try harder.
do less don’t try harder. healthy behaviors. attunement. self compassion.

Normal people need attention.

Zen(ish)

Messy
It’s ok to accept mistakes. We heal when we accept ourselves for being a little messy

Body or brains?

Surrender
Guided loving kindness meditation and surrender

Facets of compassion
Is true compassion bending over backwards, or helping someone get clarity, insight and autonomy?

Shame, shame, shame

Do less
To be successful with habit changes, we have to learn how to tolerate doing less, to get to doing more.