Monthly Archives: March 2024

Day 4080: Compromise

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Ann Koplow

I don’t want to compromise my high standards for my own blog, but I’ve got to throw together today’s post quickly if I’m to get to work on time. Therefore, this post will be a compromise between quality and my meeting other obligations.

Do you see compromise in my images for today?

Let’s compromise. I’ll tell you to leave a comment and you’ll do it.

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “compromise.”

I’m going to compromise by not listening to that entire video before including it here.

Thanks to all who helped me create this “compromise” post, including YOU!

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Day 4079: Homecoming

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, while I was coming home to Boston from Washington DC, I started reading the amazing book Homecoming by Dr. Thema Bryant.

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In this page from Homecoming, Dr. Bryant uses the term “coping and healing” …

… which made me feel even better about coming home to continue offering my Coping and Healing groups at work.

On Friday, when I was attending a panel discussion titled I am a Nomad: Identity and Difference in Group Life at the American Group Psychotherapy Association conference, I stood up and said, “I’ve been at this conference since Monday, and this is the first time I’ve felt I was home. Thank you.” Somebody in the audience turned around and said to me, “That was wonderful,” which helped with my homecoming there.

Can you see homecoming in my other images for today?

I’m happy to be celebrating my homecoming with you on I Want You To Be Happy Day.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “homecoming.”

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Thanks to all who help me with all my homecomings, including YOU.

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Day 4078: I can’t do it on my own

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Ann Koplow

When I want to stand up to the forces of injustice, I think, “I can’t do it on my own.”

When I spend a week with other group therapists and explore the ways that groups can heal in a world where groups sometimes destroy, I know that I can’t do it on my own.

While I may value my independent and solitary ways of thinking and acting, I ultimately realize that I can’t do it on my own, no matter what it is.

I want to connect with others and I can’t do it on my own. Are you with me?

I can’t do it on my own without the Daily Bitch.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “I can’t do it on my own.”

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I can’t do it on my own, so thanks to all who connect with me here, including YOU!

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Day 4077: To-do lists

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Here and now, my to-do list includes:

  • Going to my last day at a group therapy conference.
  • Connecting to people I like.
  • Learning new information.
  • Having dinner with my friend Jeanette.
  • Getting ready to go home tomorrow.
  • Letting go of unhelpful thoughts and beliefs.

What is off my to-do list is riding the giant Ferris wheel at National Harbor, which I did yesterday with my new friend Shawna!

That’s quite a to-do list for March 1.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “to-do lists.”

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Also on my to-do list is expressing my gratitude to YOU.

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