Author: bobl

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds”-Bob Marley Redemption Song   I was in the middle of my five mile run when a late model SUV sped through the crosswalk while ignoring that I was about to run across the wide yellow lines.  I felt uncontrollable rage from my toes...

I recently turned sixty-five years old and am aware of my six plus decades’ existence on this planet.  Harry Truman was president when I was born and my parents drove a 1951 Ford with a wooden dash board.  I have had several losses during my time here that have been disruptive, numbing, sad and lengthy....

“Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life”-Prince Let’s Go Crazy   Living in the present allows you to focus on the here and now.  It creates a space where you can actually experience life.  If you worry about the future or dwell on past fears, you cannot live...

“My name is Bob Livingstone and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for almost thirty years.  This blog post has been written ​ based on real experiences. The individuals depicted are fictional. I am a thirty-seven year old man who is married with two small children, We have  one boy age eleven and...

  There have been times in my life that I wish that I had a God to turn to; some deity that would show me a sign that not all was lost.  I have experienced intense hopelessness, numbness and total disillusion with life.  It would have been so soothing to have the ability to turn...

I will be turning sixty-five years old in less than a month and I am not ashamed to say that I am on high freak out mode.  I am overwhelmed by the turning of the calendar pages and reaching senior citizen status.  I read a recent article about what kind of exercise we are supposed...