Welcome!
Hello again, or for the first time.
I used to have an active blog that I kept for many years, late 20’s thru my 30’s. If you read it now, you’d see a very different season of my life. And then at some point, I’d say around 2013, I stopped writing. Parenting young children, working full time, building a new counseling practice, getting my feet wet in a new profession, drinking in a fire hydrant of learning, but also an ongoing long arc of traumas and heartaches that I didn't see coming.
I’ve thought about returning to writing many times, but I didn’t, and the most honest reason is, I started hiding. And now, I'm learning to walk out of that. I feel I owe it to myself and my journey to start writing again, and to give voice to what I’m learning.
I’ll back up a bit… I’m a native Texan, but I’ve lived in Missouri for the last 14 years. Before that, my husband and I worked for a faith-based organization for about 15 years, most of those years in Asia. The stories and events and travels and adventures of that season of my journey feel like another lifetime ago.
In a major second career shift, I was 36 when I started grad school for counseling. My husband was also pursing further graduate studies, and where we landed had options for both. Moving back to the US from living overseas, it felt like Missouri would seem in the back yard of Texas. It’s not.
I was never one of those people who wanted to be a counselor my whole life long. I wouldn’t have been good at it when I was younger. I was too much under the impression that I had life all figured out. But over time, it felt like a missing piece for my soul, and I wanted to bring to others what was offered to me, so that’s what I’ve been learning to do.
While I find the work of therapy inspiring and creative, I like the study and nerdy research part too. One of the most fascinating things I love to research is the human brain, and I think that when a person understands what’s going on inside theirs, they usually feel a little less nutty to themselves. But there’s so much more to it!
I also think being a therapist has changed me. Sitting with people and their stories day after day has helped me begin to wake up in so many ways.
That’s enough for now! Welcome, and feel free to introduce yourself, too!
