Ask Darlene Davis

Feeling Powerless Is A Choice

Powerless!  Do you ever tap into that “emotional tar pit?”  If so, what do you do with it? One week ago I felt powerless to walk 12’ to confront a stranger.  That experience coughed up childhood memories of feeling powerless.  From them, I developed coping skills (albeit not always healthy ones) to drag myself out [...]

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Stranger Dilemma: Assist or Report

Jingle, jangle goes the alarm clock. It’s 6:00 a.m. on trash pick-up day in a sleepy suburb of San Diego. I roust my son out of bed to take the cans to the curb, gather the last of the garbage and head out to the trash bins around the corner of the house. There is [...]

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You Were My Legs

Sailing, rollerblading, hiking, Taekwondo and running were part of the routine.    It was the 90’s.  Our lives were consumed with raising children, working, studying and playing.  Health was taken for granted.  I always joked that we’d have a rollerblading party when I turned 90. Fast forward to July of 2005.  A visit to the neurologist’s office confirmed what [...]

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