The Traveling Psychologist Blog

The Roller Coaster Principle "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." ~Shakespeare OK, I admit it...I overthink almost everything. I sometimes feel as if I can't help…

It Was 1979 and This Was What I Wanted! "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." ~Neale Donald Walsch I was nine. Back then I answered to "Chrissy." My good…

Traveling Psychologist Blog Date: January 3, 2022 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona STRIKE FIVE...LEARNING TO LISTEN TO THE SIGNS It all started with an itch to travel again. Having been locked up in my…

Traveling Psychologist Blog Date: November 23, 2021 Location: Cape Town, South Africa [caption id="attachment_5460" align="alignleft" width="225"] At the top of Lion's Head during a morning hike.[/caption] Nat, one of the many friends…

Traveling Psychologist Blog Date: November 6, 2021 Location: Cape Town, South Africa YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR YOUR LIFE For those of you who know me and have followed me for awhile…

"If your path demands that you walk through hell, walk as if you own the place." To say life has been a bit crazy the last several months is an understatement. Some…

"Should you shield the canyon from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their carvings." Elizabeth Kübler-Ross In 2006 my father was diagnosed with cancer. A few weeks after receiving…

A child's point of view is magical. We have all heard the term "childish innocence." I hear this term, and I think of the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun." Catherine, one of…

Humans tend to have an insatiable need to fill things that are empty. We do it without even realizing it. If our refrigerator is empty, we go to the store to fill…