Daniel Wentsch

Let people give you feedback in a way that is easiest for them, not easiest for you. If you put the burden on them, they either won’t do it or will do it poorly. You can offer:

email,

a questionnaire,

a phone call or chat, or

leaving comments electronically on the prototype.

Then, use whatever organizational system works well for you to track responses.

I’ve chosen to write up the things I notice each week. And by keeping a digital note, I can open it on my phone, on the way to the office, or on my laptop, when I get to the office. That way, everything is kept in the order it happened. That’s just what works for me.

Ask yourself these simple questions: Where do I need to grow up, step into my life? What fear will I need to confront in doing so? Is that fear realistic or from an earlier time in my development? And, given that heavy feeling I have carried for so long already, what is the price I have to pay for not growing up?

Therapy knows that there are few loving mothers who do not, at points, wish their babies dead. And few respectful, affectionate children who do not fantasize that their parents might be annihilated, if only for a while. It knows, too, that it’s wholly normal to love someone and fantasize about having sex with someone else; or to completely forget w