Writing · Reading Notes
I write about questions encountered in books, clinical work, contemplative practice, and everyday life. Reading is a starting point for thinking about what an idea might mean for a person’s life and care.
Any Version of Me
October 25, 2024
A reading note on ADHD in women — coming to accept, rather than correct, the person one has always been.
Themes: women's ADHD, neurodiversity, self-acceptance
Led by the Self
December 29, 2023
A reading note on Internal Family Systems and Richard Schwartz's No Bad Parts — what it means to live a life led by the Self.
Themes: IFS, parts work, inner life
Love Begins with Self-Compassion
May 5, 2023
A reading note on Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion — why kindness toward others may begin with how we meet ourselves.
Themes: self-compassion, MSC, inner life
What Makes Us Human
September 30, 2022
A reading note on developmental trauma and Bruce Perry's The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog — why healing happens in relationship.
Themes: developmental trauma, attachment, child protection, public health
Even When Danger Comes, There Is Nothing to Fear
January 21, 2022
A reading note on Stephen Porges's polyvagal theory — how a felt sense of safety, not the absence of danger, lets the nervous system settle.
Themes: polyvagal theory, safety, the body, trauma