My partner Dr. Jeffrey Rediger and I attended two No Kings protests in Sebastapol and Santa Rosa. We were even captured in a photo on the front page of our local paper, The Press Democrat! My resisting bitch face with my sign "This Is My Resisting Bitch Face" says it all. And Jeff is the tall bald g

Lissa Rankin

17.06.2025

Understanding Defensive Parts Through An IFS Lens, Part 1

There’s a moment in every healing journey when we meet the parts of ourselves that are armored up so tight, we can hardly breathe. Therapy is hard enough when we’re focusing on all the ways we’ve been victimized by the people who have hurt us. But it’ll knock the wind out of us when we realize we ma

Lissa Rankin

06.07.2025

Protest IS Patriotic

When I don’t know what to say because I’m in shock at what’s happening in our country, when it would be easier to stay silent than to try to give words to something unnameably unjust, when parts of me want to employ magical thinking, to live in pretend land for just a moment so I can have a bit of f

Lissa Rankin

06.07.2025

When The Muse Won’t Stop Nudging You Until You Write What You’re Here To Say

If your muse is relentless, like mine, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Maybe you’ve scribbled poetry on the backs of receipts or filled journals nobody’s ever seen. Maybe you’re the kind of person who processes life by writing about it—grief, rage, joy, awakening—pen in hand, trying to make

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Protest IS Patriotic

When The Muse Won’t Stop Nudging You Until You Write What You’re Here To Say

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