Discovering the Joy of Sundays

I grew up in a house where my father worked six days a week in the family’s custom shirt factory in downtown San Francisco, serving the wealthy, "well-heeled" citizens of our city. My father loved the factory and store, where…

Talk It Out, Walk It Out: Therapy on the Camino

Each year, tens of thousands of people throw on a backpack, lace their boots, and head off across northern Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrim path. Some seek spiritual enlightenment. Others want a break from the…

Pursuing Friendship After Divorce

A friend just went through an exceedingly painful, hostile divorce, with ongoing contention over shared custody of their 5-year-old son. Given the hateful things said and done throughout the process of pulling their family apart, it is hard to imagine…