Olympic National Park, August 2025

Last weekend, The Engineer and I hiked through Olympic National Park. The trees were ancient, wiser than us by centuries.

Many stretched skyward. Others had splintered, their trunks hollowed by time and storm.
But even in their falling, they gave shelter.
Shade....

By Rebecca Townsend, with Andy beside me

How I learned to receive what I didn’t know I needed.

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I always thought I wanted a safe love.

Until I found it—and realized I didn’t know how to receive it.

Not at first. Not consistently. Not without wondering what I was doin...

By Rebecca Townsend, with Andy beside me in the becoming

A Manifesto for Overfunctioning Couples Who Want Something Real

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I didn’t become a therapist because I had it all figured out.

I became a therapist because pain felt familiar—

and helping other people quieted t...