Don’t get sucked in, Dave was always saying to me. Kind of like Helder’s container idea: Notice everything, but don’t buy into it. Hold it.

“Off and on for many years, I tried to write a book about my childhood. I’d brin…”

“The feelings are overwhelming, but they’re not you. They’re the feelings. You a…”

“I looked at the sofa. I wanted to lie down on it and close my eyes. I wanted hi…”

“He said I was learning to talk about my life more objectively so that it felt l…”