Lotz Therapy

06/22/2026

I never expected parenthood would be sneaking a 'slow rise squishy butter stick' into my 5 yo's bed ceiling to surprise her with when she awakens...but here we are. 🤣👸🏼🧈

06/21/2026

Happy Father's Day! May my wish for men come true! Click for my fave reel ever👷🏼‍♂️🧠♂️

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06/18/2026

It's important to laugh at your history.

My own Dad, with his gold medal 🥇 curmudgeon status, was born in 1938...just 9 yo when The Great Depression began. This has impacted his whole lifetime.

Ever the one for a sale, when I was in 8th grade, my Dad nonchalantly mentioned he'd gotten us kids some soda at the store.

We were thrilled and amazed because we didn't get soda. Too expensive. Then, we paused. "Wait. What's wrong with it?!"

Dad, with his trademark famously 'surprised' face exclaimed: "Ack! WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'what's wrong with it?! I was just at the store and picked up some soda!"

We kids ran down to the basement pantry, sure there was a catch. And then we saw the catch. 24 pack of Diet Chocolate Shasta.

Daaaaaad!!!😡😧😡😧 DIET? CHOCOLATE? SHASTA?!? 🍫🥤

With (somehow) genuine astonishment, Dad exclaimed, WHAT!? But you loooooooooove soda!"

I exclaim "Yeah, real soda, NOT THIS!" 😧😡🥤

I assume we drank it...but I also know when I visited the house at age 23, newly married and now with my own home back in KC, there was still some Diet Chocolate Shasta in the basement fridge.

So, I took this one back to KC and I've literally kept it in the fridge for the last 23 years. Where I go, it goes. I once drove it, in a cooler bag, front seat of a 24 ft UHaul truck all the way to Maine when I moved there.

And best believe, EVERY time my Dad visits me no matter where I'm living, I offer it to him to drink.

Today, 6.18.26, we celebrate the 33rd birthday of it's expiration date. I thank you for sticking with me to the end of this story and I implore you to laugh at your own history once in a while. 👊🏻🍫🥤Cheers.

06/15/2026

06/12/2026

Activity idea! I'm having my clients create a rendering of their most anticipated summer activity using a Lite-Brite; they've never even heard of these but love them. 🤣🤷🏽

This activity recruits parts of the brain that are less cognitive and structured so it elicits ideas that are more spontaneous and authentic. 🎨🧠

Pic 1: "Gonna' go tubing alone on a boat with my Gpa," -Boy, 10

Pic 2: "4th of July fireworks with my whole family; we go all out." -Boy, 14

Pic 3: "I'm gonna' challenge myself and do the bigger waterslide at church camp this summer." -Boy, 11

06/09/2026

*Thinking to myself* What's for lunch!? Oh wait. 🍽️ 🐔 🤣

06/04/2026

🤣🤣🤣🥔 BUT ALSO....When you first eat a highly rewarding food (like salty, fatty French fries), your brain gets a massive, unexpected dump of dopamine. BUT THEN comes a crash and a craving for more (easy) Dopamine and so the cycle goes.

Highly processed salty food is the most abused anxiety med in the US.

05/28/2026

When you're seein' a movie for self-care but still gotta get your protein in...

And 'no,' there's nobody sitting near me 👃🏻🐟🙊