To release fear through Thought Field Therapy, my therapist told me, it is useful to go back in to the original traumatic incident that began the fear. I conjure the exact moment easily. A Friday afternoon after I had been teaching all week. At the end of the day I…
From the sandy beach, I followed the gaze of the triathlon club’s swim test official. He pointed to the buoys marking lengths across the roped off area of the lake; four lengths were required, roughly 200 yards. I regularly swim 2000 yard workouts in the pool and am barely winded after…
A friend says crochet is as much undoing as doing; unraveling hours of work is simply part of the process. You will inevitably notice a mistake many rows later and then have to tear out row after row of work to fix it. Then you move forward again. That sounds…
Did I want to try “Thought Field Therapy” for my fear of driving on highways, one of my therapists recently asked. I had read not long ago that a somewhat related therapy, one I’d years ago rejected out of hand as unscientific and not worth trying, has since gained acceptance…
After a break up, my house and my time are completely mine again which has got me thinking about what it means to be independent. There are certain props needed for particular kinds of independence. Spray sunblock is one. If I needed a significant other or roommate to paint sunblock…
My professor spills deep thoughts and I try to escape words and labels
