Hillary Marshall, LCSW

04/14/2026

04/13/2026

A friend, Marian Rose Graff, wrote this and shared it with me today. This poem sums up the mindfulness and imaginal aspects of my therapy practice these days.

Breakthrough in the South

There you are you stubborn story
You thought you could slip
Behind the curtain of my mind
Unnoticed in the birdsong dawn
Cacophony
But I was watching
Watching the dance
Of buoyancy and density
As water reached the boiling point
So too you floated to the surface
Where I could pluck you up
See you for what you are
Oh I recognize your seductive ways
Like a slick pair of stockings
The sly insinuation
Of doubt and sin and guilt
Oh yes I know your ways
Of finding fault where no fault lies
Oh no the purview of fault
Lies with earth
My soul's tectonic plates are drifting
Parts are lifting out of the way
Parts are shifting sliding open
Oh pandora
What lies in the box is anaerobic
Dying drying in the air
And light of day

mrg
12Apr2026

04/07/2026

Upcoming law and ethics conference

01/29/2026

I heard this at a training this morning: "How do we separate the signal from the noise?" Thank you, Morgan Stinson.

01/24/2026

screenshots from a recent crisis training, since a lot of us feel that the world is on fire

12/18/2025

This happened….

12/06/2025

Here is another piece by Kid Mandu.store
Maybe the next time someone is rude to me, I can tell them this.

12/06/2025

Shout out to Kid Mandu, an artist I met last night at the Bixby Knolls art walk. He captured the essence of the cage I felt I was in for much of my life. Plus, I love carrots.store

12/05/2025

please sign and pass on

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11/25/2025

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09/10/2025

A documentary about the art of living outside of conventions, in deep integrity with one's essence.Featuring Michael Behrens. Subtitled in Arabic, Chinese, C...