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Gone Too Soon: Saying Goodbye to Mahi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KBguA8bDx8     From the time I was five, we’ve always had dogs. My first dog was a miniature collie named Wolf. Somehow, Wolf got out and was picked up by animal control and I never saw him again because my mom didn’t have the money to bail him out of the shelter. Growing up in Southeast Texas, a culture [...]

By |2024-11-26T20:18:52-05:00November 26, 2024|0 Comments

Riding the Storm Out

https://youtu.be/MPjanbjs15w   From early childhood, I found myself drawn to Native Americans—a fascination that only grew as I entered adolescence. By the time I was seventeen, I had already set out on my own, making my way as far as Oklahoma, where I found myself living in a community of Kiowa Indians. It was during this time that I began [...]

By |2024-11-19T23:56:18-05:00November 19, 2024|0 Comments

Finding Closure: Healing the Heart After Ghosting, Flaking, and Other Crazy-Making Relational Drama

https://youtu.be/wAHAbxexUHI A friend of mine recently experienced what felt like the beginning of a real connection with a woman. She was sending him flurries of text messages, and they had started spending time together. There was a sense of closeness—a feeling that something meaningful might be developing between them. Then, out of nowhere, she sent him a strange message: "I [...]

By |2024-10-30T01:31:24-04:00October 29, 2024|0 Comments

True Intimacy Begins with Yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcsOIGHpfxk   Mattia was involved with a woman of Russian descent from the Donbas, the Russian-occupied region of eastern Ukraine, whom he described as highly narcissistic. However, based on the account he shared with me about his ex-girlfriend and their interactions, she sounds more like a sociopath. She actually supports the occupying Russian forces—the same forces responsible for raping, torturing, and [...]

By |2024-10-23T01:27:58-04:00October 21, 2024|0 Comments

The Tragedy of Emotional Numbing

https://youtu.be/gx38jibk_sE   Stephan (a composite of individuals I have known and worked with) is so much in his head, largely because he has spent most of his life numbing himself to his emotions. In some ways, he's quite intelligent, yet shutting down emotionally has made him dense, almost obtuse, as it has disengaged parts of his brain to varying degrees. He 'blabberates' [...]

By |2024-10-16T01:00:59-04:00October 16, 2024|0 Comments
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