February 3rd, 2025 Deborah Lukovich
Behind the smiling faces of the people who raise money for small non-profits and write grants for charter schools, are stressed out human beings always alert to the forces that make it easier or harder to inspire others to support their important missions. A long time ago, before I became a depth psychologist, I ran […]
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January 27th, 2025 Deborah Lukovich
“It was subtle and strange, the first stirring that disrupted the illusion that all was well in my life. I barely noticed it, but the sneaky twinge deep in my belly got my attention long enough to make me wonder. It felt mysterious and caught me off guard because it arrived at the exact moment […]
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January 19th, 2025 Deborah Lukovich
I had planned to let Monday (Inauguration Day) come and go quietly until one of my clients told me she desperately needed help countering the foreboding sense about the near future. If you are still trying to understand what is happening but also want to live your life with a sense of peace, love, […]
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December 28th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
Can you feel it? Can you sense the threshhold between the old year and the new one right around the corner? It's like a doorway between who you are and who you're becoming. Having hopes and dreams can feel exciting and terrifying at the same time. Sometimes, we have a picture of who we want […]
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December 15th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
There's no better time to take a risk when everything is falling apart around you. Out of the moments of despair, helplessness, confusion about the right thing to do, rock bottom of losing everything to addiction, being pushed against the wall by the bully, the final act of acquiesceing to please everyone but you … one […]
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November 29th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
“Victory is celebrated in the light, but it is won in the darkness.” “Adversity always lies on the path of advancement.” “One way or another, the past always finds us.” ––Dune: Prophecy (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 1) Whether you were devastated by the election results or happy about them, if […]
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September 17th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
Most of my clients don’t come to me to explore their relationship with alcohol but almost all of them eventually bring it up. This makes sense. In every case, the issue that initiates our coaching arrangement is merely the doorway to something deeper. Getting to the topic of alcohol means they’re ready to unleash more […]
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September 4th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
My former husband and I tried to save our marriage in our own way. When was the beginning of the end? After twenty years, the role of alcohol couldn’t be ignored anymore. He said he was “working on” his drinking, but that turned out to be a lie. He agreed that I could attend a […]
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August 25th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
“Freaking Hermes!” This is how one of my clients started a recent session. I laughed and told him this was a very good thing. He didn’t like that answer, but by the end of the session he was ready to have a difficult and honest conversation with his wife. There was more urgency about […]
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July 29th, 2024 Deborah Lukovich
I’m always excited to have a meaningful chat on Dose of Depth, but there’s extra excitement when our chat clashes with current events. A lot has happened in the last week, but the inspiration for this chat came from watching one of Dr. Craig Chalquist's TikTok videos that he put out after the Republican National […]
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