Without beginning or ending, your original wisdom has been shining forever, like the sun. To know whether or not this is true, look inside your own mind.

-Padmasambhava (8th c)

To become curious about ourselves is our original wisdom. My clients come into session with an array of fears and regrets. We sit together and think about the experiences from the week with an open heart and mind. This may sound overly simplistic and given the complexity of our lives it is reasonable to assume that we cannot simply open our hearts and minds to reflect on the things that frighten us or leave us with a sense of despair. The therapy setting allows us to pause and consider all those complexities. We can point out basic assumptions and think about the feelings that arise in the conversation. By linking these experiences in the session to the events of the week our original wisdom becomes a guiding light to new possibilities and ways of coping with stressful life events.