Advice from the Trenches:
Dear C & Dr. B, When my daughter turned 15 and started high school there was an immediate and total change in her and in the dynamic of her relationship with […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Advice from the Trenches: Peep Show
Dear C and Dr. B; My 12-year-old son is in 8th grade. Yesterday he received a online photo of a naked girl from one of his classmates. We were alerted […]
Advice from the Trenches: Holiday from Hell
My sister recently came for a brief visit over Christmas. She is mentally ill, some times more in control than others. This year, she was so difficult I had a […]
Advice from the Trenches: Holiday Conundrum
Dear C and Dr. B; It’s the holidays and at our house, it’s a bit of a bipolar affair. My dad is Jewish and my mom Catholic, which makes us […]
Advice from the Trenches: Hiding from UPS
Dear C and Dr. B; On Saturday at 3pm I received a frantic call from my 14-year-old daughter, who was home alone while we were out. There was someone at […]
Advice from the Trenches: Foraging for a Cure
Dear Dr. B: I have been researching mushrooms and read that there are some that can help with my depression better than the medications that doctors keep trying to give […]
Advice from the Trenches: Guns in School
Dear C and Dr. B; As a mother, I am deeply affected by the recent headlines — more mass shootings and calls from our president to have armed guards to […]
Advice from the Trenches: Coat Room Conundrum
Dear C and Dr. B; I’m in my third year of undergrad. Last weekend at a party, I admit that both myself and my date, Sandra, had too much to […]
Nobody Set Up Us the Bomb
We feel neglected at the Motif office because, despite the recent highly publicized series of bombs sent through the postal mail to critics of Donald Trump, we never got one. […]
Advice from the Trenches: Work Woes
Dear C and Dr. B; I was assigned to a year-long product development project in partnership with the head of our company, Larry. He was responsible for half of the […]