Tag: mental health
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Quick observation
I have noticed I tend to name my poems paraphrased and outright copies of other poems I have posted. Maybe I should just start numbering them. Like poem #5 or haiku #227…….
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The way
What is my task When the path of (ego) defense Is heightened offense? The need for protection is real And the path chosen is effective, Yet being lost in the dark Is still a cry for help. My role is unchanged By aggression or blustered words. I am only a guide, a ferryman Holding the…
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the problem with grief III
In this part I will be addressing some of the myths I have encountered surrounding the actual stages of the grief cycle. As before I will not be discussing all of the myths or all the possible myths, but will be addressing the more common ones I have seen in my work as a psychologist.…
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the problem with grief II
bonus to breaking my essay up into parts, I get to take a break and eat a late dinner with Mrs. SoulDoc. Now where was I?…… The next myth about the grief cycle is that it is in fact a linear set of stages. Much like climbing a ladder or a set of stairs one…
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the problem with books
With all this book banning bullshit going on in the US these days I thought I would take a moment and throw my two cents in on this. Naturally I, like everyone else on this subject, believe my two cents is worth more than most but maybe as I am a clinical psychologist and a…
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the problem with grief I
I have often noticed, and I think I have written about it here previously, in my practice there will be a pattern, or what I refer to as a theme, which appears to be guiding my work over a period of time. Sometimes that period is a day, sometimes longer, but it is so prominent…
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A question
What is The Way? The path before you is the way But how will I know? The way is not a place found It is the means of moving A Tanka to start my day. This one is based on a question I was asked recently.