Author Archives: The Running Therapist

I’ve been in a mood all day. One of those moods when my coworkers can hear me complaining down the hall. When I set the treadmill a little higher on my mid-day run because I am currently not drinking and need to relieve the stress some way. When you just want to hit the fastContinue reading “I feel a little less South Dakotan today”

My love is coming to me. My love is coming to me. He will be here by the end of the year. … Clean up your heart to be ready for your love. Rest assured, he is coming. No need to seek. Just live. … Oh sweet, Heather, I wish you wouldn’t torture yourself. YouContinue reading “A letter to myself on Valentine’s Day 2015”

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking and talking about my future. Actually, that statement simply put makes it seem like the process is graceful and poetic, as if I was sitting near a windowsill with a hot cup of tea and staring out into a kind world. Rather, it’s more that I amContinue reading “Be”

It’s a beautiful mid-November day, almost so lovely that you can’t believe in a few months harsh winds and heaps of snow will make all interactions with outside nearly intolerable. As I walk home from the train, I listen to an episode of Lena Dunham’s staggeringly good podcast, Women of the Hour. This episode is aboutContinue reading “Be there for the world”

I have a knowledge gap of events and news that happened between 2011-2013. It’s mostly songs, movies or light news that came out between those years, but there is two year’s worth of things that I missed because I was living in a hut in rural Africa. Big news, such as the Boston Marathon bombingsContinue reading “3 1/2 Minutes”

i said, “Let us walk in the field.” He said, “Nay walk in the town.” I said, “There are no flowers there.” He said, “No flowers bot a crown.” I said, “But the air is thick, And the fogs are veiling the sun.” He answered, “Yet souls are sick And souls in the dark undone.”Continue reading “A resurrection”

Do not let you someone treat you like you do not matter. People can tell us that we are wrong and that we are undeserving but they are not allowed to to conclude that our existences is irrelevant. The thing is, though, that there will always be people who do not care if we areContinue reading “You matter”

We can learn that love is worth a risk and that to hide our love means to hide our true selves.* Life is not fair. In fact, it’s all shades and levels of unfair. We never get all the things we desire. The people we love die. We fail. The ugly parts of ourselves comeContinue reading “Choose you”

Sometimes you wait. Sometimes you let the situation be what it is without judgment or storytelling. You do not try to control it or add to it, but simply notice the feelings and let them wash away like waves on a white sandy beach. This is not a perspective that I’ve be able to harborContinue reading “Be”

Sunday mornings at coffee shops with bottomless roasts from Kenya and Guatemala and the temptation of croissants and cupcakes frosted in bright greens and pinks to match the anticipation of spring. I sip from a ceramic mug as I transport my emotions onto a word document. Friday evenings that begin at a near by bar.Continue reading “The grass is greener”