Category Archives: couples therapy

5 Days and Counting!

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Mush, mush, mush, mush. That’s what it’s like around here these days. Though there was some talk about whipping someone with wet spaghetti. And we have two, count them two couples therapy sessions this week, (Final sayonara to the Stork … Continue reading →

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The Queen of Polish OR “I” Statements and Going Easy on the Stork’s Swan Song

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

I am suave, smooth.  I communicate elegantly.  In other words, our breakup with the Stork couples therapist (ongoing) started last night with a bit of, well, ahimsa.  And panache.  And f*&(ing “I” statements. We started the conversation like this: Me:  … Continue reading →

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The End of My Life as a Christopher Durang Character OR Mixing Metaphors

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Yes, I plan to commit suicide in my role as a Chris Durang character. In other words, the Stork’s swan song is imminent (there’s my mixed metaphor). I haven’t fired him yet, but I have sworn to do so.  I … Continue reading →

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More YOGA: Ahimsa or At Least I Crack Myself Up

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Ahimsa, is the first of the yamas of yoga and Hinduism (rules for ethical conduct) and it means non-violence. I took my first yoga class with Patricia Walden in Cambridge a couple weeks ago, and she was leading off the … Continue reading →

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The Stork Returns

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

So, I’d pretty much wound myself up to fire the Stork (our couples therapist).  I was ready.  I was like, okay, enough with you trying to do your agenda.  I’m paying.  It’s my agenda.  (And occasionally my partner’s, though as … Continue reading →

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Eckhart Tolle or Give Me a Break New Age Everything

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Today I woke up with some minor ambition to organize my books.  Meaning, since there are books piled in corners of my bedroom, my office, the living room, on the living room table, etc, I thought I’d move them around … Continue reading →

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The Stork Bites Back OR Winning at Couples Therapy, Part 2

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Here is some salient advice:  Don’t write a blog about couples therapy right before you go to couples therapy.  It’s bad karma.  Or maybe your couples therapist reads your blog.  I mean, who knows. Here is some more salient advice … Continue reading →

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How to Win at Couples Therapy

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Yes, couples therapy continues with the Stork.  Which makes it, I don’t know…about 4 months now.  And of course, couples therapy would not be continuing if I were not winning. How to win?  You have to convince both the therapist … Continue reading →

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A Visit to a Christopher Durang Play–OR COUPLES THERAPY AGAIN!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Seriously. So, 3 sessions with the Stork Man, who we actually both kind of like, and who is ridiculously knowable for all of his quoting Eckhardt Tolle.  But, I am the Queen of the Backup Plan and my partner kind … Continue reading →

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The Stork…Guess What I’m Talking About?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Yes, couples therapy. We are at it again, seriously.  Session #3 with the straight guy, who right now we both kind of like, but since that can swing back and forth at a moment’s notice, well, all you can do … Continue reading →

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