I usually would lead with the event that was getting the most air time in my head - what my mind, for whatever reason kept coming back to.

It didn't even have to be the feelings about it, just whatever it was.

The feelings would come later I guess.

As with farmergirl, my therapist was always quite skilled at getting to the thing that was bugging me about it and what I needed to learn from it.

My life proved to be my best teacher I guess.

In a very real way my dog was sometimes much better than my therapist at sensing my mood. Very comforting and very engaging my little mutt of happy.

As a facilitator of self awareness and insight, however, not so much.