Essays

Stop Trying To Think Your Way Out Of Emotions
ACT Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD ACT Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD

Stop Trying To Think Your Way Out Of Emotions

And bottom line, if my best friend thought her business was failing, if she thought she was useless and unskilled, I would just sit with her. I would listen. I would say, “This is hard…How can I help?....I love you, I’m cheering for you….Everyone in the whole world feels this way. You’re not alone, I feel this way, Ghandi felt this way when he was a miserable and ineffective lawyer! We’re in good company, love.” I *would not* problem solve out of the pain. I wouldn’t skip over it.

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Famous People I Want To Do Therapy With
ACT, Inspiration Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD ACT, Inspiration Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD

Famous People I Want To Do Therapy With

I think the grandest and most destructive illusion is that everyone else is ok and we’re the only one that’s in pain. We’re all in pain; through genes and history and environment and dumb luck, we’re all doing the best we can and sometimes that feels so far from great.

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How I Found Life After Death
ACT, parenting Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD ACT, parenting Kerry Makin-Byrd, PhD

How I Found Life After Death

3 deaths in quick succession. First came the shock, then the acute pain. Long silences and numb birthdays. Children’s books about death. Sleepless nights repeating their simple lines….”Where are you, now that you are gone?’ This picture is my ‘before’.

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