Posts Tagged ‘community’
It’s Not Your Job to Save the Whales || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
Times are tough. Pick your issue: politics, the environment, inequity, the economy. It’s hard to sleep through the night. Most of us wake at 3:00a.m. when we can’t be saved by a long To Do list, and ruminate about the state of the world. Does protesting do anything? Is backyard composting helping? Would donating money actually clean up rivers? My…
Read MoreTwo Sides of the Same Coin — ReDo* || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
*I first published a version of this blog during COVID. During any trying time in my life, it drops in for me that adequacy and interdependency are two sides of the same coin. And during those days of COVID, I saw this coin being flipped in every moment, with one word or the other, each…
Read MoreThe Fire that Spreads: On Hope in Chaotic Times || By Kevin Culver, LPCC
I want to begin this blog by sharing a quote I came across this week from a news conference in Utah: “I’m not optimistic, but I am hopeful. And hope is the virtue that sits between the vices of optimism and pessimism. Hope is the idea that good things are going to happen because we…
Read MoreYour Loneliness Makes Sense || By Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
When we meet someone for the first time, chances are the first question asked is, “Where are you from?” Our deepest human need is to belong. And that includes not just our ‘kin’ but the land we are from. Our city, our region, our landscape, our country. We may not always consciously notice the natural…
Read MoreThe day you mourn and weep for another’s death … the Igbo community rituals of mourning || By Lisa Martinez, Affordable Counseling Intern for People House, ERYT 200-RYT 500
Continuing my exploration of various cultural mourning and grief rituals, for this post I’m featuring the story of my dear friend Maria who is from the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria. The Igbo people form one of the largest people groups in Nigeria originating from Igboland, an area located in an eastern and western section…
Read MoreReconnecting: A Short Guide to Bridging the Distance ll By Michele Bailey
As our world starts to open up many of us are excited to get out and see our neighbors, friends, coworkers and families. Some of us may be wondering however, where did our community go? We’ve been quarantining, wearing masks, standing 6 feet apart, no handshakes, no hugs, no big events, minimal gatherings, and then…
Read MorePresence in Humanness: Connection with Ourselves and Connection with Others ll By Colleen Ladd
I’ve been contemplating the way we run from presence, in all of the ways we have been taught and have so finely crafted for ourselves. Whether it be with work, substances or social media, our dominant Western and white supremacist culture has us valuing and investing energy and time into independence, yet the culture doesn’t…
Read MoreSleep: Laying the Groundwork for Self & Community Care ll By Marielle Grenade-Willis
Sleep has always been elusive for me, especially since I left home for college in 2010. I always envied those who seemed to be able to sleep easily without any adjustments in their environment. Over the years, I came to understand some of my triggers for not sleeping well: drinking caffeine past 12PM, having difficult…
Read MoreGetting to know Pronouns and Gender Inclusive Language ll Stephanie Boulton, MA, LPCC
I highly recommend watching the Netflix documentary “Disclosure: Trans lives on screen,” if you haven’t already. It is directed by Laverne Cox, a transgender actress and activist, who acted in Orange is the New Black among other shows. All the people who speak in the documentary are transgender individuals and they examine how transgender people…
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