Karly Randolph Pitman
20th century psychologist Carl Rogers is most widely known for his ideas about self acceptance – how this particular form of compassion is the cradle of change: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” I … [Read more]
When abstinence feels too alarming
When we struggle with addictive patterns like overeating or sugar bingeing, we may feel like we need to come to a place of complete abstinence in order to find relief and healing. And yet people have told me, over and over, how hard it is for them … [Read more]
Night eating and the longing for ‘home’
The end of the day, weekends, evenings, and before bed: these are all times when people tell me that their relationship with food – or other self soothing behaviors – is the hardest to bear. These times have a few things in common: … [Read more]
Bringing dignity to our anxiety and alarm
Here at the tail end of a two year pandemic, in a time of so much polarization, and now, the tragic horror of another war, I imagine that many of you are feeling the collective anxiety and fear that's been running through our shared, human nervous … [Read more]
The hands that hold you – coming to rest
When the approach to our life is conceptual, then the emphasis is on behavior, on doing. Whereas when the approach is through…the heart, caring is a shift in the way you come to something; it is an opening…There are behaviors that will … [Read more]
Bringing dignity to our coping strategies
Image: Befriend Sadness by Eddy Sara. Used by kind permission of the artist. You can find Eddy's art here. We all have moments in our lives where we feel bereft and alone – where those around us convey in word or action a lack of understanding. I … [Read more]
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