Author Archives: msw blog
Advice from a (Broken) Fortune Cookie
small steps can have a profound impact Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know … Continue reading
Therapy Lessons: 12 Key Takeaways
Twelve things I’ve learned from both sides of the therapy room: Silence causes more harm than honest conversation. Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s moving forward while fear walks beside you. You only need one person to set and … Continue reading
Man Walks Into a Room
I recently finished reading “Man Walks Into a Room” by Nicole Kraus, (243 pages, 2002). I should have taken a hint from the title; while the initial plot caught my eye and the first few chapters were engaging, I ultimately … Continue reading
Quiet Kindness
I stayed at a cheap roadside motel after losing everything — job, apartment, relationship.The clerk handed me a key and said, “Room 7. No deposit tonight.” I asked why. He said, “You look like me ten years ago.”When I checked out a month later, I left enough cash to cover another stranger’s week. When my dad passed, I couldn’t bring myself … Continue reading
Harnessing Gratitude
Want to expand your gratitude muscle? Reflecting on beneficial absences—the invisible good things in your life—is one way to do that. Ask yourself: What’s something you’ve taken for granted that could have easily gone wrong—but didn’t? When did you narrowly … Continue reading
