Hello All — Summer temperatures arrived in Florida yesterday. So The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver, feels appropriate. And it’s one of my favorite poems. I love Mary Oliver’s poetry — nature, personal awareness of ones place in the universe, the right to belong, to make...
Hi Everyone and Happy Friday! It’s Book Rec Friday. Each Friday I’m sharing a book recommendation that feels relevant/helpful/interesting as we travel through this pandemic time together. Last week I suggested Shauna M. Ahern’s memoir, Enough. Today’s...
Every Wednesday, I’m recommending a podcast episode I recently listened to that I loved, feel is relevant to what we’re going through in this pandemic era, and want to share with you. (The previous 2 were Brené Brown’s new podcast, Unlocking Us –on FFTs–, and On...
The Peace Of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great...
Hi Everyone and Happy Friday! This is installment #3 — Book Rec Friday — as promised last week in the blog and newsletter*. Each Friday I’ll share a book recommendation that feels relevant/helpful/interesting as we travel through this pandemic time together....
Hi Everyone and Happy Wednesday! This is installment #2 — Podcast Wednesday — as promised last week in the blog and newsletter*. Every Wednesday I’m sharing a podcast with a great conversation/message/perspective for this pandemic time we’re in. (Monday is...
Hey Everyone, Here’s the first installment of what I promised last week in my blog and newsletter* — to share the things I’m leaning into for grounding and perspective during this pandemic time. I came across this poem from Emily Rosen, who is the Director of...
Here we are, all together in our apartness from each other. What a bizarre reality and time this is. How are you holding up? What are you doing for self-care? I posted some ideas on Instagram (@wolcottcounseling) earlier tonight. What would you add? How are you...
Everywhere you look this month — reminders of love, relationships, connection! Love is amazing. And it’s important. But Valentines’ Day – with its focus on flowers, chocolates and fancy dinners – tells us nothing about how to have more of this incredible life force in...