The Dragonslayer

I am moving my office to Union Square in a few days. I admit to feeling a bit anxious about all of this. More space, more rent, more work. But before I let myself go too far, I stop.

I have faith. Faith that I am making the right decision. Faith that this is the time to make this move. I have a vision of the practice that I wish to create. I have a vision of the type of therapists and support staff I wish to employ and have around me.

I am stealing this line, but it "does take a village." I am not good enough or multi-faceted enough or even have enough time to do all of this myself. I have had help. And for that I am grateful. I think I have been good to people and in return I have received gifts in return. I do not see this changing as my scenery changes, as the challenges and opportunities change.


That being said, let's take a look at the challenges that come to us each day. The ones we expected, the ones we "sort of" expected and the really fun ones--the ones that completely blindsided us.

What challenge are you facing now that you expected? Did you prepare yourself for the challenge? Did you make a list of the steps that needed to be taken to conquer the challenge? Or did you just wait for it and wing it? How did it turn out?

What challenge have you faced that you "sort of" expected to face? Did you do any prep work for this one? Did you get anyone else involved to ease the transition or help you deal with it? Or did you just wait for it and wing it? And how did this one turn out.

And tell me now what challenge has completely blindsided you? How did you respond? What were the immediate thoughts and feelings that flooded you? Were you debilitated? Empowered? Were you oddly excited, but still scared beyond belief? So what did you do? And would you do anything differently now?

Most of us are creatures of habit. As these challenges come, do we respond in the same way time after time? Or do we make a tweak here and there as time passes? I would like to think that I have gotten "smarter" as time passes--when the challenges now come I realize that a quiet confidence is now more present than the time before and the time before that. This is called faith. And trust. And progress.

I called this blog "The Dragonslayer" because of a recent experience a client had after suddenly being told he no longer had a job. And this just after he had signed a lease for a new apartment. After some deliberating, he sent me a text saying that, "You know, I wanted a dragon to slay. This is just the one.." So he is now in his new digs and moving forward.

We can do this.