Weight Gain Can be a Form of Protection

It is a dark cold Monday morning in November. I returned from Gestalt Camp on Friday evening. I was tired when I got home so I stayed close to home all weekend. My big piece of work at camp was around my diet. I had lost around 50 pounds after I was diagnosed with...

Using Overwhelm As An Opportunity to Learn Something New

Do you ever feel like you’ve committed too much and you’re feeling overwhelmed with all you must do? The last year that Mike was alive he and John planted a garden. When he died in late June, I had no idea what to do with it. He liked to make salsa so there was an...

Making Life Calmer with Gestalt

What exciting things can you find hidden amongst the chaos that life sometimes brings? I’ve been decluttering my home since the end of last year. Along with that early this summer, we moved my mom out of the house that she and dad built 50 years ago. They had acquired...