I am left with the realization that Joe, almost three decades my senior, was a true friend and a teacher to me. In addition to Joe’s belief that one’s thinking mind is a hindrance to living life in its fullest and joy-filled reality, was how imperfect he was, which makes him all the more lovable and real to me.

The notion of the unknown has many metaphors, but in the practice of psychotherapy it is the concept of the ‘fertil void’ that is most potent. This is the idea that it is space and openess that are most valuable in allowing new ways of being to come into our awareness.

This is a first blog. My idea with these pieces is to share short reflections that arise out of therapeutic work or pieces that clients have brought up. These topics or letters are a product of whatever the current themes and patterns I’m encountering in my practice of psychotherapy and collaboration with clients.