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<h2>Tool of the Month - The Last Time</h2><p >I learned this skill from Sam Harris. Sam’s way with words simply cannot be improved upon. So get your mind blown straight from the source.</p><p >If you want to...

<h2>This one is for June… but the JULY 2025 edition is here.</h2> <h2>Tool of the Month - The Turd in the Pearl</h2><p >When Phil Stutz scrawls his sketch of the string of pearls, I think he is gently reminding us to...

<h2>Tool of the Month - The 300,000 Year-old User’s Manual</h2><p >Your cue to use this tool is when you are avoiding doing something you suspect might be good for you (exercise, creative expression, relationships...

<h2>Tool of the Month - The Prisoner’s Key</h2><p >This tool is based on Inner Authority, where you invite your shadow to help you perform in front of an audience. The audience might literally be in a theater with you...

<h1>THE LENS</h1><p >PSYCHOTHERAPY</p><p > </p><p >A monthly newsletter exclusively for clients of Denis M. Kitchen, LMHC.<br></p><h1>March 2025 Edition </h1><p ></p><h2>Tool of the Month - The Serenity Prayer</h2><p...

<h2>Tool of the Month - Grateful Rage</h2><p >Ever get into the habit of throwing things in anger, screaming at people, driving recklessly, slamming doors, flipping people off, or punching holes in the wall...

<p >Tool of the month - DEFUSION</p><p >Testify! - Christian G.</p><p >Parade of Shadows - The Dude</p>

<p >Stergios is a Social Worker in Rochester, NY and has contributed hours of compassionate care and laughter to folks at The LENS. As an avid participant in ecstatic Native American rites such as sweat lodge, sundance...

<p >Valdis Abols is the editor of Rigas Laiks Magazine. He served as the Latvian ambassador to Spain for 4 years. Denis met him in 1989 when Valdis, an English teacher at Janis Rosenthal Riga Art School, organized an...

<p >Curtis and Denis had this conversation over a year ago. Before the pandemic. Before the murder of George Floyd. And before the passing of Curtis’ mother, Lorna C. Hill, just two short weeks ago. Even though their...

<p >Joe Dinki is a poet, author, television producer, and performer.</p><p >Denis and Joe talk about Joe’s novel, Laugh in the Dark. They also perform Joe’s poem, Arise, just like they did at numerous Gene McCarthy open...

<p >Katie Krawczyk is Chief Executive Officer and Partner at 19 IDEAS, a marketing, PR, and web development company she started with her husband, Dan Gigante. Katie qualifies a genuine Buffalo Boss Babe, but if you ask...

<p >Avi was born in Jerusalem as a wave of hope was cresting. Hope in a peace that had drawn closer than anyone dared to imagine. Hope felt so strongly by Avi’s parents, his middle name is Shalom. Over the next twenty...

<p>Garrett Shea wants to bring poetry to pop. And if a song happens to save a life, that isn’t too shabby either (stay tuned to hear THAT story and song at the end of the episode).</p><p>As a proud Villa Maria student...

<p>In this Sunday Shit-Show edition of the Lens. Denis invites you to create a reasonable religion with him. What could go wrong?</p>