Posts Tagged ‘change’
Rest, Connection, and Play Transforms Our Lives || By Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
Transformation is lasting change for the better springing from radically shifting one’s perspective. – Living Deeply Change is What Life is All About The process of change is not always comfortable and, therefore, we often mischaracterize it as having something ‘wrong’ with us. How can we embrace our life with vitality, rather than with a…
Read MoreThe Intrinsic Value of Aging || by Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
“Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon preserved in a museum. Only when we find the spring of wisdom in our own life can it flow to future generations.” – Thich Nhat Hanh My specialty is working with older adults. I came into this field when I began my own aging journey over ten…
Read MoreThe Season of Change || By Samantha Camerino, LCSW
The changing seasons tend to have a significant impact not just on our mood, but also our actions. As a native east coaster, I personally enjoy the moody grey days, and I welcome the cold in like an old, loving friend. I appreciate the way in which the colder months encourage me to hibernate, to…
Read MoreDid the Big Changes Happen? II By Victoria Bresee MA, MAR, CHt.
How are things going with all those good intentions at the start of the year? Have you lost steam? Are you disappointed in yourself? Have you just decided to try again next year?If so, you are no different than the 80% of us who have basically given up by March every year.Don’t despair. There’s still…
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 MoreThe Neutral Zone: Learning to be patient with change ll By Stephanie Boulton, MA, LPCC
No, You’re not the only one who’s sex life is suffering. I mean it! …and I’m not being sarcastic! It’s a major theme in my therapy sessions these days. At the beginning of the pandemic, I think we all imagined that people would just go inside and get it on (that is if they had…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: How To Do The Work by Dr. Nicole LePera ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t read this book yet, but want to, you might want to skip this post for now. If you’re a fan of @the.holistic.psychologist on social media then you are going to LOVE her new book How To Do The Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past and Create Yourself. I…
Read MoreOn Progress ll By Stephanie Boulton, MA, LPCC
On Saturday it was declared that Biden won the election. It was a massive release of so much energy, like people could breathe again. I saw so many tears of relief, dancing, yelling… Like a weight had been lifted. This morning while reflecting on the moment, it occurred to me that for the last four…
Read MoreWaking Up from a Long Slumber in the Midst of an Existential Crisis ll Dorothy Wallis
The shut down of the world came as a surprise. Did you even imagine that it would be possible for nearly 7 billion people to stop their ‘normal’ activities and go into seclusion? In my part of the world the retreat began in March. I was suddenly thrust into an alternate reality. But it took…
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