letting go – Therapy Bytes

Resentment: Compassion and Gratitude as the Antidote

by Jennifer Westcott, MFT on March 13, 2019

I was listening to a talk by Terry Real, author and Marriage and Family therapist, when I heard him say something so simple and yet profound, “As resentment grows vulnerability, generosity and play...

Resentment: Compassion and Gratitude as the Antidote

Letting Go: Parenting Teens

by Jennifer Westcott, MFT on November 30, 2015January 1, 2017

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years....

Letting Go: Releasing the Idea of Perfection

by Kitu Jhawar, MFT on November 13, 2015January 1, 2017

There are so many ways in which we expect perfection from ourselves. It is easy to get wrapped up in the idea that we are not good enough. To be the perfect person, partner, parent, to have the perfe...

Letting Go: Releasing the Idea of Perfection

Forgiveness: A Gift to Self

by Jennifer Westcott, MFT on September 21, 2015January 1, 2017

In listening to a lecture by Alan Watts, he said, “Forgiveness changes the past.” He talks about the power of the present moment as it relates to forgiveness. He explains that if we take the pres...