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When the loss is real

The last three newsletters were about a kind of false alarm — the body bracing for a loss that isn’t actually coming, treating an ordinary disagreement as if it were the end of a relationship. Most of the time, that’s exactly what it is: a false alarm, worth talking your nervous system down from.   […]

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Light and Dark (for those with holiday blues)

Winter solstice was a couple days ago; the shortest darkest day of the year.  It seems like only a couple weeks ago we were basking in endless sunlight anticipating fall.  Winter is an excellent metaphor for the experience of life.  We all experience times of “winter” in our lives; times of sadness, fear, and pain. […]