RockWall Cottage Chronicles #8

A newsy, sometimes amusing, usually interesting fly-on-the-RockWall view of my life as an author with updates from my Substack adventures.

The small cottage where I live and write has been affectionally named RockWall Cottage because of the rock wall that divides our side of the property from the side of the property where our friends, the owners of the cottage, live. (Learn More)

What Has Been Happening at RockWall Cottage?

There have been some wild chicken stories over here at the cottage—we are saving them for one of our We Do Therapy videos. It will be a much better story if Scott and I tell it together. Trust me.

News, Highlights from Previous Weeks, What’s Coming, and Other Stuff

• Podcast Guest: After a several-month break, I am beginning to accept podcast guest opportunities again. One will launch this week from Australia. Two other episodes have been recorded, and another is scheduled for tomorrow. Two more will be recorded before the end of August. I will include the information in a RockWall Cottage Chronicle when they launch! I so enjoy these conversations!

• The We Do Therapy Series: Beginning in mid to late September, we plan to discuss the following topics/parts of our story. Don’t hold me to this—my writing is always a work in progress! We also plan to have video conversations and at least one Zoom Gathering. (This will be paid subscriber content.)

  • The Engagement: When Trauma Attracts Trauma

  • The Wedding: Glimpses of Baggage on a Picture-Perfect Day

  • The Honeymoon: Dueling PTSD Re-Enactments and Reactions

  • The Marriage: How Co-Dependency Helps and Harms

  • The Healing Journey: Not Taking the Messiness of Healing Personally

  • Hiding in the Church: How the Patriarchy Harmed Us Both

  • Church Teachings: How Toxic Theology Harmed Kept Us From Healing

  • Therapy Lessons #1: Arguments as Trigger Wars

  • Therapy Lesson #2: Recognizing an Off-Roading Event

  • Therapy Lesson #3: When No One Understands Boundaries

  • Therapy Lesson #4: Packing and Unpacking our Cigarettes (i.e. Baggage)

  • Therapy Lesson #5: Holding Tightly to the Good Memories