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Short 2-4 minute reads often on current topics, providing tools for addressing communication issues that we all face. These skills come from my forty year career as a psychotherapist. I design original chalk art for each post.
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Overheard
Boy, age 13: I like quarantine. I’m getting to know my family. I’m spending more time with my little brother. And I play fortnite. Woman,...
Dr. Vin
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Couples and Covid19
BACKGROUND: My single sister: If Liam Neeson and Brad Pitt came to your door, offering to stay with you during the quarantine, who would...
Dr. Vin
Mar 30, 20203 min read
Eggs
I need to be responsible during this COVID19 crisis. I am older. I am not allowed to go out except in an emergency. So, I tried to order...
Dr. Vin
Mar 23, 20203 min read
ZOOM
State Report: As of March 18, 2020, there are 675 positive cases and 16 deaths in California. Governor Newsome declares a state of...
Dr. Vin
Mar 20, 20202 min read
Tilt
BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus is like a fast-moving wind gaining strength as it sweeps through America from across the sea. We batten down...
Dr. Vin
Mar 13, 20203 min read
Resonance
BACKGROUND: I went to a sound healing seminar for psychotherapists last week. The teacher played sound bowls while we closed our eyes. I...
Dr. Vin
Feb 25, 20202 min read
Journal
I I am currently writing a memoir. The goal is to bring the reader into the experience. I need to recall scenes, where I can take the...
Dr. Vin
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Hindsight
Hindsight is 2020, so I begin the year by looking back at 2019. I pull up my highlights, jolts of happiness and moments of meaning. I...
Dr. Vin
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Doggie Doctor
The click-clack, click-clack of her approaching heels rouses me out of my stuffed head stupor as I wait in my doctor’s exam room. She...
Dr. Vin
Dec 6, 20192 min read
Strike
I spent all day Saturday manning my booth at the annual Olivenhain Craft Fair in Encinitas. 100 vendors with their variety of handmade...
Dr. Vin
Nov 12, 20192 min read
My Pillow
The dog peed on my favorite pillow today. I throw it in the wash, but soon hear the washing machine buck loudly. I squeeze out the...
Dr. Vin
Oct 24, 20192 min read
Hot Rocks
I had anticipatory anxiety while heading to present an evening talk on “3 tools to handle conflict” for the Aviara Women’s Club Tuesday...
Dr. Vin
Oct 11, 20193 min read
Climate Action
BACKGROUND: Today I listened to interviews of young adults declaring that they are not going to have children because of the earth’s...
Dr. Vin
Sep 27, 20193 min read
Book: Year One
A year ago I launched my self-help book on communication tools, Communication Breakthrough, How Using Brain Science and Listening to Body...
Dr. Vin
Sep 10, 20193 min read
Labor Day
The last day of August was my final day in the Midwest taking care of my 3 year-old grandson all summer. I was savoring the sweet...
Dr. Vin
Sep 4, 20193 min read
More Cream
I am biting into crunchy gluten free raisin toast topped with puffy clouds of whipped cream cheese. I am sipping my morning Joe – for me...
Dr. Vin
Aug 24, 20192 min read
Elastic Girl
I am on an all day writing Saturday, after working 8-5 all week doing childcare. I am eager for the quiet so I can summon the muse (she...
Dr. Vin
Aug 19, 20192 min read
School Supplies
BACKGROUND We are shopping for back to school supplies on Sunday, checking the school list and grabbing stuff like pencils, paper, and...
Dr. Vin
Aug 10, 20193 min read
No Tech Day
I had a no technology summer day with my 12 year-old grandson. Like most kids his age, he spends much of his downtime playing on X-box....
Dr. Vin
Jul 30, 20193 min read
God and Liberty
BACKGROUND Last night thousands of people gathered in 700 “Lights for Liberty” protests and vigils across five continents to raise...
Dr. Vin
Jul 14, 20194 min read
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