She’s a freelance writer who leans into her past as a psychotherapist while pursuing the truth about being human.
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The biography of a winning coach who transformed the lives of African American children in Aurora, Illinois, a Midwest city that wanted to remain innocent of racism. It is an American story of success against the odds, where a realized potential is stronger than the tidal wave of a community’s beliefs.
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Publication date February 9, 2026, by Koehler Books, Inc.
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Fireworks and Freedom: Juneteenth and July 4th
On June 19 I was cruising down a ramp onto I-88 when in front of me burst a roaring display of fireworks over Rosemont’s skyline. Just like July 4th, I thought, Oh, I forgot what day this is. It was Juneteenth, a National Holiday. Taking in its importance for the…
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Who’s Doing the Work?
Common advice to therapists: When you work harder than your client, therapy has stopped. I had to remind myself this week. In retirement, without clients I still have relatives. Stan [fake name] calls me when parenting overwhelms him. Each time I’m determined to listen as Aunt not therapist. The two…
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Don’t Do Enemies
A woman I’ll call Myra says, “I don’t do enemies.” The idea started when she was barely taller than a yardstick. Her parents yelled at each other so loudly the sound pierced the walls and woke her eardrums at night. It only stopped when they divorced. Her take-away? Figure out…
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Headlines Swirl: Look to Inner Voices
The winds are picking up. I can’t see through the hair in my face. Every half-dead twig in my locust tree has been slapped off and tossed to the lawn as whirls and eddys buffet the branches. They might as well be the news headlines swirling across my computer screen.…
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