making magic all year round

[Inspired by taking down holiday decor recently…] I have been thinking about therapy and how it relates to the different ways people approach decorating for the holidays. Therapy is an inherently individualized process. Some people need help clarifying goals at the outset. They check out displays other people have for inspiration. Others already have a good idea of where they want to be and even what they need to do to get there. Maybe you’re one of them. In late November, you can already visualize your ideal Christmas tree ablaze with lights beautifully positioned and happily twinkling in the window.

But when it comes to implementation, the reality is sometimes like discovering a massive pile of tangled lights with one-third of the bulbs burned out. It looks like a bigger project to tackle than you anticipated and a pain, and ugh, do they even sell this kind anywhere anymore? Perhaps the magical Christmas postcard of your vision starts to fade as you stand in the corner of a musty cobweb-filled attic with the broken nutcracker you stubbed your toe on and a pile of pine needles that somehow never got vacuumed up. At this point, some people throw the whole mess away. Forget it. Head to the store to start over.

Of course, here the analogy breaks down because humans are not disposable.  We only have two options – limp along, accepting less than what we know could be, or get down to business and decide to work with what we got.

The latter is where I come in. Actual Christmas lights may only be for a season, but all year long I love the process of helping people untangle internal messes, so that they can be free to create the magic they want.