1978
Born to Jewish atheists.
Move a bunch of times, learn to morph into my surroundings, but have no sense of self.
Clueless, numb, generally unaware.
Over-achieve.
2000
Blindly follow path and become television producer.
Success outside, but hollow inside.
Something is missing but no idea what/how?
Try therapy. Meh.
Assume this is what life will feel like.
2007
2008
Move North for Love.
Career pivot. Graduate school in Counseling Psychology.
Finally! Something feels Right.
Marriage.
Divorce.
Love, loss, grief, growth.
2014
One Minute Sculptures, Erwin Wurm
Introduction to Somatic Therapy.
Chronic stomach issues cease as I begin to connect with my body & my emotions.
2015
James Tralie
Buddhism and meditation, I start to loosen the grip of the mind.
Go Monk for a couple years.
Comfort in the aloneness.
Detachment from the life I thought I’d have.
Happy.
Peaceful.
2016
EMDR.
Didn’t realize how much my subconscious was affecting my daily life.
And how quickly I can loosen habitual patterns that I thought would be mine forever.
2017
Photo by Michelle Magdalena Maddox
Spirituality & joy deepen.
But it’s time to learn in relationship.
There’s only so much I can grow on my own.
2018
Age 40. Create Flow House, a holistic psychotherapy center. Deeply rewarding & massively humbling & challenging learning to become a leader, manage a team, & run a business.
2019
“Manifest” a beautiful partner and try to figure out how to have a healthy, secure, available relationship.
2021
Pregnant at age 44!
2022
Motherhood.
Partnership.
Interdependence.
Intimacy.
Accountability.
How to be Self while in Relationship.
2024
Sarah Vanrij
Courage to Let Go.
Split.
Face Societal Rebuke.
Another Reinvention.
One Family, Two Houses.
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1954
2025
New Identities, New Interests.
Co-Create Akashic Therapy Method.