Entries by Jennifer Lehr MFT
Showing Our Brokenness
On the deck, there are a small group of sparrows eating the birdseed that has scattered everywhere from the feeder above. It is a fairly peaceful day after a weeklong visit from relatives. The sun is shining. The ocean is blue. This moment is beautiful. And yet as I look back at the previous week, […]
Soul Retrieval, Psychotherapy & Soul Memory Discovery
I am feeling both apprehensive and excited. Jean is about to enter an inner story and work in the realm of metaphor. We had been working together for several years and Jean had made significant progress, but whenever we worked this way, her progress skyrocketed. “Are you ready,” I ask. Nodding, Jean says that she […]
Overwhelm
Maybe you could call it a creative block, but what it really feels like is that I’m caught between these different and enormous landscapes, like being in the middle of moving worlds and everything is changing and I don’t know yet where I am standing. On the mundane level, I can tell you exactly what […]
How to Improve Communication Skills
Learning to reconnect We can learn how to improve communication skills and learn to reconnect with our partners. It had started as a regular day weekend day. John and Patti were taking a walk. The sun was shining. Life was good. But then, John sheepishly told Patti that he would not be working on a […]