Katy Byrne, MFT is a Psychotherapist in Sonoma, editor and animal lover. Her private practice specializes in: life transitions, couples communication, eating issues, moving forward, conflict resolution and the kitchen sink.
Follow the bouncing ball
We’ve pivoted from shutting our worldwide doors to the opening of stores and social settings. From zoom to podcasts and back to instagram,... Continue
The ups, downs, and all-arounds
This doozy of a time in history brings many questions and insights. We boomers have stories to tell. The calamities we’ve seen are... Continue
Life is short. What matters most?
I’m weary of the slow death that accompanies carefulness. I want to have more fun before I die. I know it’s selfish when so many... Continue
Talking to woodpeckers
The woodpeckers thumping, rapping, knocking rattled me and my neighbors, way before our usual morning coffee. My neighbor crawled along... Continue
How to change the world?
It’s a small goal: to get the gargantuan globe shaped into a calm, satisfied round ball. Everybody has a different theory, from... Continue
All wrung out
I know this sounds silly, especially in these trying times, but I ran my hand around and around inside the dryer. I looked behind it,... Continue
Benches not fences
It’s been a long, nail-biting challenge. What have we learned from the pandemic, the fires, and the elections? That we need each... Continue
A love letter to Sonoma
This has been a hard year of constant whiplashes, isolation, grueling, gripping stories of struggle, catastrophe, conflict, chaos,... Continue
Rolling with it
This year’s been a roller coaster ride. We were waiting nervously at the top of it, then whooshing down the wheel, gasping for breath,... Continue
What could possibly be next?
The year that lasted forever is finally coming to an end. We hope for better days soon. Election jitters, along with pandemic pandemonium,... Continue
