What day is it today? It’s a day when it’s snowing/sleeting/raining (again!) on a Monday, the day I have to go into work to do group and individual therapy.
What day is it today? Can you tell from my images?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “what day is it today?” on YouTube.
I hope that clears it up.
What day is it today? It’s another day when I express my gratitude to YOU!
Today is National Donald Day.
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This is NOT a fun observance today, strictly because of a “world leader” named Donald.
When I saw what that Donald had said about the death of Robert Mueller, I asked this question on Twitter.
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For my own sanity, I have to remember that there are other more mature, less destructive Donalds in the world, like this one:
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Here are my other images for National Donald Day.
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As I mentioned in my interview on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, I named Donald in my song “Shameless Appeals for Applause.”
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Next weekend, I’ll be joining with millions of other human beings trying to stop that Donald, again, in No Kings protests.
Thanks to all who are here for this National Donald Day post, including YOU!
Does anybody think it was a good idea for the USA and Israel to bomb Iran? Do people agree that it’s a good idea to replace the current USA administration as soon as possible?
Last night I asked a question about good ideas on social media.
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In the interview about my music and my therapy groups on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, I said I get most of my good ideas in the shower. My first good ideas about song writing created the song “I Don’t Like You,” which people were listening to even before the podcast aired last Tuesday.
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Do you think there are good ideas in “I Don’t Like You”?
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Are there any good ideas in my other images for today?
Which of those observances are good ideas?
Here’s what I find when I search for “good ideas” on YouTube:
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Thanks to everyone who has good ideas, including YOU!
I’m always looking for laughs, especially when they are so hard to find.
That’s why I asked this question last night on Let’s Laugh Day.
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Because I really need the laughs, I just borrowed that audiobook. Thanks, Kirk!
Can you find laughs in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for laughs.
It’s my son, getting lots of laughs!
I also find this:
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Thanks to all who are here for the laughs, including YOU.
Because I have good and bad memories of childhood, I’m going to let the Daily Bitch take the lead here.
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Most people I know have pleasant as well as traumatic childhood memories. As a group therapist, I witness people trying to integrate their childhood memories into their adult lives — an ongoing and often difficult process.
During the interview about my music on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, I felt ambivalent about revisiting childhood memories, but I realize that makes the interview richer and more meaningful.
Do you see reflections of childhood memories in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “childhood memories” on YouTube:
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What are your thoughts and feelings about childhood memories?
Thanks to all who are here for this childhood memories post, including YOU!
In my interview on the popular podcast Therapist Uncensored, host Sue Marriott keeps calling me shameless, and she means it as a compliment!
If that previous sentence seems like a shameless attempt to get you to listen to the podcast interview, maybe it is.
Is it shameless for me to tell you that I talk about this blog and its readers in the interview?
Here’s one more shameless attempt to get you to listen:
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Do you see anything shameless in my images for today?
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Am I shameless for having this be today’s video?
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Thanks to all who are here for this shameless post, including YOU!
Yesterday, in my Coping and Healing group, we talked about how we don’t have to be doing it right all the time to survive. If we are constantly in fear of not doing it right, we may constrict ourselves lest we say or do the wrong thing.
I could tell that the discussion was doing it right for the group participants as they tried to let go of perfectionism and the unhelpful messages they had gotten from their families of origin.
As I face another day of internal pressure of doing it right, I will remember the guidelines we talked about in yesterday’s group:
I hope I’m doing it right by sharing these images today.
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I’m actually not dead inside because I just saw that the interview about me and music is available on the Therapist Uncensored podcast.
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When I listen later today, I hope I’ll be doing it right.
Many thanks to all who are here for this “doing it right” blog post, including YOU!
To me, this movie has one great moment after another.
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That’s why it never gets old and I can watch it over and over again.
With all the suffering in the world, it’s difficult for me to see life as one great moment after another, but I’m working on it.
Do you see one great moment after another in today’s blog post?
I wish music had interrupted the stress dream I had this morning where I was lost and couldn’t communicate with somebody who was mad at me, which was not one great moment after another.
Here’s what I find when I search for “one great moment after another” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who are here for my great and not-so-great moments after another, including YOU!
As I’m reframing my intentions for today’s blog post, here’s a definition of “reframing”:
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Yesterday, I was working on reframing this old narrative of mine: When I put myself out there in a new and confident way, disaster results. The “evidence” I have for this old story includes:
I work on reframing unhelpful, obsolete, and inaccurate narratives with myself and with my patients in therapy. These old narrative can be very sticky, so reframing can be a life-long practice.
Do you see reframing in my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “reframing” on YouTube:
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Thanks to all who are here for my daily reframing, including YOU!
Happy Genius Day!
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You don’t have to be a genius to know that geniuses are not in control these days.
Do you see genius in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “genius” on YouTube:
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I also find this…
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… and this:
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Thanks to all who are here for this genius post, including YOU!
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 