losing it
Share I know a German man who grew up in Germany and lived there until he was eighteen. From the age of eighteen to the present day, in his thirties, he’s lived outside of Germany. You know what he told me, once? That he’s forgotten a decent chunk of spoken German. He never thinks in … Read more
taking radical responsibility for your life
Share “Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called ‘the love of your fate.’ Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, ‘This is what I need.’ It may look like a wreck, but go … Read more
Well, then–if you say so.
Share I was leaving a meeting consisting of narrative therapists and those interested in that approach when a woman who had been in the meeting stopped me. “It must have felt terrible to have had that counselor being so unsupportive,” she said, her face pulled into a sympathetic smile. She was referring to what I’d … Read more
