Category Archives: Personal

When Did I Find My Power?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Luke Ford

Assignment: Write about a time in your early life when you felt powerful. In seventh grade (1978) at Pacific Union College Elementary School, my teacher tried to integrate me. She gave me a big part in an audition for the … Continue reading →

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I’ve Kept Almost No Friends From Childhood

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Luke Ford

I had this idea that the friends you make in childhood are friends for life. Boy, was I wrong. When I came down with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at age 22, most of my friends dismissed me when I could no … Continue reading →

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When Did I Hit Bottom?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Luke Ford

Over the past year, I’ve been going to 12-step meetings for love addiction, sex addiction, co-dependency and the like. I’m trying to figure out when I hit bottom. Perhaps it was the evening 13 years ago that I went searching … Continue reading →

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$100 Students Are Easier To Work With Than $25 Students

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Luke Ford

About six months ago, I was giving a friend $25 Alexander Technique lessons. He bargained me down to giving him half lessons for $12.50. And this guy was my most difficult student. He didn’t want to do many of the … Continue reading →

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The Therapist Who Loved Me

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Luke Ford

In early 1994, my psychiatrist suggested I would make more progress if I got a psycho-therapist. I agreed. One afternoon, my girlfriend, nine years older and not Jewish, drove me to the office. I had all sorts of fantasies that … Continue reading →

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