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Day 4827: Good Ideas

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Ann Koplow

Does anybody think it was a good idea for the USA and Israel to bomb Iran? Do people agree that it’s a good idea to replace the current USA administration as soon as possible?

Last night I asked a question about good ideas on social media.

In the interview about my music and my therapy groups on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, I said I get most of my good ideas in the shower. My first good ideas about song writing created the song “I Don’t Like You,” which people were listening to even before the podcast aired last Tuesday.

Do you think there are good ideas in “I Don’t Like You”?

Are there any good ideas in my other images for today?

Which of those observances are good ideas?

Here’s what I find when I search for “good ideas” on YouTube:

Thanks to everyone who has good ideas, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "I Don't Like You", cats, Fuji Sushi, March 21 2026, The Blue Stones, the bombing of Iran, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Therapist Uncensored podcast, Twitter | 6 Comments

Day 4824: Shameless

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Ann Koplow

In my interview on the popular podcast Therapist Uncensored, host Sue Marriott keeps calling me shameless, and she means it as a compliment!

If that previous sentence seems like a shameless attempt to get you to listen to the podcast interview, maybe it is.

Is it shameless for me to tell you that I talk about this blog and its readers in the interview?

Here’s one more shameless attempt to get you to listen:

https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/how-music-heals-what-words-cant-with-ann-koplow-293/

Do you see anything shameless in my images for today?

Am I shameless for having this be today’s video?

Thanks to all who are here for this shameless post, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism, Psychotherapy | Tags: cats, corned beef and cabbage dinner, March 18 2026, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Therapist Uncensored podcast, Twitter, where you’d like to be | 4 Comments

Day 4821: Reframing

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Ann Koplow

As I’m reframing my intentions for today’s blog post, here’s a definition of “reframing”:

Yesterday, I was working on reframing this old narrative of mine: When I put myself out there in a new and confident way, disaster results. The “evidence” I have for this old story includes:

Feeling happy, powerful, and confident at age 7; soon after spending years of emotional and physical pain in hospitals because of my rare heart condition.
Confidently sharing my song Everybody’s Somebody’s Asshole with strangers on a trip to Georgia; the next day landing on the hospital with a mini-stroke/TIA.
Feeling happy about my upcoming appearance on the podcast Therapist Uncensored; my next INR blood reading being inexplicably and dangerously low.

I work on reframing unhelpful, obsolete, and inaccurate narratives with myself and with my patients in therapy. These old narrative can be very sticky, so reframing can be a life-long practice.

Do you see reframing in my images for today?

Here’s what I find when I search for “reframing” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who are here for my daily reframing, including YOU!

Categories: heart condition, original song, personal growth, photojournalism, Psychotherapy | Tags: Brassica Kitchen, cats, ChatGPT, International Ask a Question Day, March 15 2026, Therapist Uncensored, Therapy in a Nutshell, Twitter | 8 Comments

Day 4812: On Hold

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Ann Koplow

I feel like any semblance of normalcy is on hold because of the awful actions of the current USA administration.

My music creativity is on hold as I negotiate marketing and inspiration.

All of these audio books are on hold as I finish Cameron Crowe’s very cool book The Uncool:

As you look at my other images for today, what is on hold for you?

My figuring out how to turn this long song into a release has been on hold for months.

Thanks to all who have put other things on hold to show up for this blog post, including YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: audiobooks on hold with Libby, “I Don’t Wanna Be Late (Don’t Wanna Be Early Either)”, “The Uncool”, Cameron Crowe, cats, March 6 2026, my daily dose of vitamin K, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter, World Book Day | 8 Comments

Day 4811: You’re not alone

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Ann Koplow

“You’re not alone” is something I say and learn in my therapy groups all the time.

“You’re not alone” is something I say to myself when I’m scared, sad, angry, or convinced that I am alone.

Do you see any evidence that you’re not alone in my images for today?

Here’s a song I wrote that includes the lyrics “you’re not alone.”

Thanks to all who help me remember that I’m not alone, including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, March 5 2026, pot roast, snacks, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, triggers, Twitter, worries | 8 Comments

Day 4810: Nervous System Regulation

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Ann Koplow

From the comfort of my own home, I am attending a two-day experiential group on nervous system regulation through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. Considering the world we’re living in, many of us need to practice nervous system regulation.

Do you see nervous system regulation in my images for today?

Here’s the first song I ever wrote, which was a way of practicing nervous system regulation.

Here’s what I find when I search for “nervous system regulation” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who help me with nervous system regulation, including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "I Don't Like You", cats, coconut encrusted tilapia, March 4 2026, Simplify Your Life Day, The American Group Psychotherapy Association, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Therapy in a Nutshell, Twitter and Bluesky | 10 Comments

Day 4807: Self soothing

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Ann Koplow

Because I want to do no harm to myself and others, I practice self soothing every day.

Do you see self soothing in this blog post’s images?

My self-soothing includes staying in the moment and writing songs like this one:

Here’s what I find when I search for “self soothing” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who help me with self soothing, including YOU!

Categories: life in the USA, original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Stay in the Moment”, cats, Comfort Kitchen, March 1 2026, Self Soothe - DBT skills from experts, the bombing of Iran, the South Shore of Boston, Tolstoy quote, Twitter | 10 Comments

Day 4806: Do No Harm

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, when I was presenting about my Coping and Healing groups to social work interns, we had a discussion about the obligation and wish to do no harm.

Therapists, of course, avoid causing harm, pain, or suffering to patients during care; however, we can also feel paralyzing self doubt because of the fear of “saying the wrong thing.” I told the interns that people in my groups wished to do no harm, sometimes caused temporary pain in each other anyway, discussed that, and grew from the experience.

I try to do no harm when I ask questions.

Perhaps it’s a no brainer that despite your best intentions, someone may feel hurt.

I hope to do no harm by sharing my song “Triggers” right now.

I’ll try to do no harm with my other images for today.

I hope it will do no harm that today is International Sword Swallowers Day. I believe it will do no harm to share this photo on National Chocolate Souffle Day.

Here’s what I find when I search for “do no harm” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who do their best to do no harm, including YOU.

Categories: group therapy, original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Adakemi Oguntala TED talk, cats, delicious food, February 28 2026, International Sword Swallowers Day, no brainer, The Daily Bitch Calendar, triggers, Twitter and Bluesky | 7 Comments

Day 4805: Life saving

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Ann Koplow

Last night, somebody in my Coping and Healing group said they found the group life saving. This was very gratifying to hear.

In a few minutes, I’ll be getting ready to go to the hospital to give a presentation about these life saving groups to a group of life saving interns.

Let’s see if there’s anything life saving in my images for today.

My hope is that this song of mine might be life saving.

Thanks to all who are life saving (even if you don’t know it), including YOU!

Categories: group therapy, health care, original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Don’t Kill Yourself”, coping and healing groups, doctors, Dr. Laura K. Snydman, February 27 2026, pets, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter | 8 Comments

Day 4804: What other people are thinking

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Ann Koplow

As a group therapist and a curious citizen of the world, I’m often thinking about what other people are thinking. Because I’m not a mindreader, I ask questions about what other people are thinking.

Now I’m wondering what other people are thinking about this blog post.