by Lisa Wolcott | May 1, 2020 | Blog
“Group therapy was the most extraordinary experience I’ve ever participated in.” — Paul Solotaroff, Author of Group: Six People In Search Of A Life Therapy is mysterious, with both its promise of and requirement for privacy and confidentiality. If you’ve...
by Lisa Wolcott | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog
Happy Wednesday! Today’s pod choice is Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Some of you know Dax from the show Parenthood; I know him as Kristin Bell’s husband (she of The Good Place). Armchair Expert “celebrates the messiness of being human.”...
by Lisa Wolcott | Apr 27, 2020 | Blog
Welcome to week 5 (6?) of our U.S. slice of the world pandemic. I’ve lost track. As always, I’m looking at poetry on Mondays, podcasts on Wednesdays, and books on Fridays, for words and conversations that give me perspective and sustenance as we travel through this...
by Lisa Wolcott | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
Happy Friday! Each Friday I’m sharing a book I’ve loved, one I think may be interesting/helpful/relevant/on topic (as we move into a much longer period of self-quarantine and distancing than any of us thought back in March). Words — poetry, spoken, or on the page —...
by Lisa Wolcott | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog
I’m thinking a lot about loneliness. And solitude. And connection. You too? We’re not alone. Dr. Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of the United States just wrote a book, Together: the Healing Power of Social Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. He spoke...
by Lisa Wolcott | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog
To Be Of Use — by Marge Piercy The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like...