My Essence – A Matter of Love
Betrayal? Connecting that behaviors are linked to brain health is often confusing. The distance traveled to reach that point may have been long. It may have involved experiences painful to themselves...
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“Mumford, The screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, describes Henry Follet, a man who is living in his fantasies. The superior problem isn’t that he’s living in his fantasies however. It is that he has...
View ArticleThe Healing Process Can Be Confusing.
Self-Care Tip #127 – Because feelings can be confusing during self-care, keep connected to someone(s) objective. A colleague told me the other day about his patient. Of course he didn’t name him, but...
View Article“He’s Never Hit Me.” Abuse.
Self-Care Tip #163 – Name abuse when it is there. Be a friend to yourself. Alexandria (Alex) was crying a lot. She was trying to divorce her husband but he wouldn’t leave. He wouldn’t speak. He...
View ArticleThe Spider Sat Down Beside Her – Mental Illness
Self-Care Tip #178 – Find your courage and answer to stigma. Image via Wikipedia Something as simple as taking pills can sabotage us. The act of putting it in our mouths signifies all sorts of things...
View ArticleTake Care Of Yourself to Give Love to Others
Image by Funchye via Flickr Self-Care Tip #195 – Take care of yourself to give Love to others. Belen came in, confident. She was comfortable in her element. Working in her area of specialty was her...
View ArticleSo Many Choices, So Little Time …For Self-Care
Image via Wikipedia Self-Care Tip #198 – Being a friend to yourself might be saying, No. Our culture is brimming. Brimming with…, well take your pick; walking the dogs, turning in a take-home test,...
View ArticleThe Gift of Desperation
LIFE Misty sounded relieved, Yes. That’s it. She had just realized that life isn’t fair. Sure. She knew that before, but she just realized what she knew. Don’t we all love that moment when our...
View ArticleOwning Our Choices Is Self-Care Even When It Feels Painful To Do
Repost. Self-Care Tip – Own your choices, even when they feel painful. She was leaving after twenty-two years of marriage. Eva married young and says that about one or two of those years were...
View ArticleEntitled to Understand – NOT
Please do not state the obvious, thanks :) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We, many, share the not so friendly distorted belief that we are entitled to understand everything. Bull bullhorn in hand,...
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