Archive for June 2021
Learning to Love Oneself ll By Faye Maguire, MA, LACC
“We will never be able to really love ourselves until we go beyond the need to make life wrong.” Writes Louise Hay, one of the most prolific writers on the topic of self-love. What does she mean by this? Most of us have an inner critic, often the voice of a parent, that is…
Read MoreA Summer Solstice Meditation on Change and Light ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year. It’s the day where the sun seems to “stand still” at that point on the horizon where it appears to rise and set, and then it appears to reverse its course over what it just traversed. It’s…
Read MoreValues as a Compass: How Personal Values Can Help You Take Meaningful Action in Your Life ll By Gina Henschen (she/her)
Four-ish years ago, I spontaneously sat down at my kitchen table to jot down a list of all the things that mattered to me. At the time, I was experiencing a lot of inner turmoil — a rocky relationship, an unfulfilling and draining career, and an immense amount of stress and dissatisfaction as a result of…
Read MoreOut of the Box ll By Lauren Black
As a counselor who has spent quite a bit of time in my own personal therapy, I’ve always been fascinated by the ideas people have about counseling that cause them to either seek it or avoid it. A few weeks ago one of my friends told me she sees counseling as a way to help…
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