Posts by Traci Ruble
Interview with Julian Redwood and the Full Frontal Fatherhood Project
An Interview with Julian Redwood, Founder of Full Frontal Fatherhood, offering Free advice to dads via video talks.
Interview with Adriana Marchione: Using Art to Heal Grief
Art is an important part of healing. Read about documentary film maker, Adriana Marchione’s personal story of loss and her amazing film, When the Fall Comes.
Interview with Dr. Jessica Michaelson: Screen Time is a Feminist Issue
Dr. Jessica Michaelson explains why screen time parenting advice is an example of the way our society usurps a mother’s power to parent and take care of herself.
Activist Listening: A Response to Racism, the Charleston Shootings and Marriage Equality
As I waited to board the plane for vacation, the supreme court ruling on marriage equality was on the restaurant TV and I cried with joy and relief right there in the airport over my salty potatoes and overdone egg. My sons and husband looked at me, confused and concerned about my tears. The day…
Why Goodness Can Hurt
Longing is the antidote to the thief of good feeling.
#TBT – Disconnected: Political Conversation, Couples Therapy and Community
,,,the work we do at Psyched in San Francisco and as therapy professionals more generally is a political act of connective, loving kindness, and deep care.
A Louis C.K. Kind of Deep: Pain and Bliss
Feeling pain is the doorway to bliss but as Louis C.K. says, you may “cry like a bitch”.
Driven People: Who Takes Care of You?
Driven people often are trading personal meaning for professional relevance. Why?
#TBT on Psyched – Home: Adult Children of Divorce Step Out of the Legacy
…stepping back into a group dynamic that pulls us into old roles we have long outgrown or long TO outgrow can create a wellspring of emotions especially for those who come from broken homes or homes where parents are divorced.
Who Does She Think She Is?!: Women Business Leaders
Women’s gender training has told us to be small so we tend to err on the side of overcompensation or its opposite “compare and despair” as my colleague calls it. There is a more authentic and human way to lead: Own your fragility and your strength for they both are true.
Alone on Christmas
I have been feeling kind of blah this Christmas, a holiday that I have always loved. What I love is random kindness from strangers and rituals that give me a sense of place and belonging. Yesterday I was swooning as I was walking around San Francisco – one of those sunny fall days where everyone…
New Survey: Female Friendships After Motherhood
We are crafting an article about Female Friendships after motherhood and would like your input if you are a mother. Please take this 13 question anonymous survey. You have until October 30th to complete your responses. (Please note: one question truncated answer selections erroneously. Please do your best to answer.) Many Thanks!