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For a child who has struggled to make friends in school, the start of the new school year may carry the promise of a fresh start, but the dread of another tough year feeling left out looms even larger. The same goes for parents. We all hang on to the hope that things will somehow […]
Anxiety can present itself in many different forms and frequencies in our lives. I call the low frequency feelings the “Hold On” zone where we may feel anxiety at its most intense. When we have done the work to put anxiety in its place, we may enter what I call the “Feel Better” zone, where […]
Your financial situation is deeply connected with your family history. We are taught by our parents about life. However, we didn’t learn our lessons about money from them the way we learned our lessons at school. Instead we absorbed the lessons: everything we saw, heard, and felt from a very young age stuck with us. […]
Climate change. Racism. Funding shortages. Lack of access to healthcare. As the space between human beings shrinks, our community and societal problems seem bigger than ever. How do we meet these challenges in peaceful ways to sustain our communities? Self-compassion is the key. Self-compassion vs. self-protection In any group, whether it is a small neighborhood […]
I was once advised to brand myself as a “parenting expert” as a school counselor for 29 years and having raised 2 children; I even wrote a book called Parenting from Your Soul. However, trying on that title out felt like putting on an itchy sweater; I couldn’t wait to get it off. The term […]
There are so many ways we get trapped in life, take the bait. We all want so much from others, and when we give there’s always the thought of what will come back. This craving to get something in return actually hooks us in another direction and ruins the joy available in just giving with […]
We all have many goals, some large, some small. Along with the goals come lists of what’s important to do. As we’re doing one thing, we’re often wondering whether we should be doing something else? Or, we only do what we’re doing half heartedly, thinking about what’s coming next down the road. Or what the […]
Every day is an opportunity for reunion. You may say, it is too soon or too far away, but it is there, waiting. Memories fill the space in between. Memories that bring joy or pain or both in combination. Nothing speaks as loudly as memory when it involves the heart. Why not reach out? Reach […]
The information technology driven world in which we exist results in us possessing the answer to virtually any question or the background to an individual we want to know more about, right there at our fingertips. This can lead many of us to expect similar kinds of instant results from our lives. Life rarely works […]
I was once advised to brand myself as a “parenting expert” as a school counselor for 29 years and having raised 2 children; I even wrote a book called Parenting from Your Soul. However, trying on that title out felt like putting on an itchy sweater; I couldn’t wait to get it off. The term […]
