Wellness Blog
Our wellness blog is here to help you make conscious decisions on a daily basis that empower you to set yourself on a positive path to growth and well-being.
Consider Going to Therapy Before the Crisis
People often decide to go to therapy when they are in a crisis. Once the crisis passes or they start to feel a little better, they stop going to therapy until the next crisis hits. Despite my having worked in human services for much of my adult life, I have yet to be...
The Power of Words
Words are powerful tools of creation. One of the meanings of the Hebrew word “dvr” or “davra” is “the spoken word”. We find the word “davra” used in the Old Testament, in the first chapter of Genesis. “And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light...” The...
The Need for Community
Several years ago, I was conducting research related to my dissertation. I was studying the experiences of Latinx single mothers experiencing poverty, wanting to know what their lives were like so that the social services community could serve them better. The primary...
Feeling Your Feelings
What we resist receives our attention. “What you resist persists and what you look at disappears”- Neale Donald Walsch Generally, people don’t want to feel anything except what we call the “good” feelings. As soon as they are sad, anxious, frustrated, or angry, they...
The Power of Gratitude, and How to Remain Grateful
I have found little in my life more powerful than the power of gratitude. Gratitude works like sunlight. Whatever you shine the light of gratitude on, you feed. In the jungle, plants and trees fight for the sunlight. They grow around and through reaching up and up,...
Please Do Not “Should” All Over Yourself
Please do not “should” all over yourself... This phrase was made famous by Albert Ellis, who expounded upon this premise of holding oneself to an impossible standard of fretting over the past; after all, who can change the past? Of course we can learn from the past,...
Own Your Greatness
I have always wanted to do “something great for God,” and when I was a stay-at-home mom with four sons, I often noticed thinking that I would never do that “something great.” However, during a time when I experienced what I perceived as a deep depression, and...
Practice Mindfulness
There is often much talk about what mindfulness is and I think we would all agree that we need more in our life but how do we actually go about practicing this ancient tradition? Focusing on the present moment sounds wonderful but we tend to get caught up in the drama...
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is not a new concept. References to mindfulness can be found in many religions and philosophies over the past 2,500 years. Mindfulness made its way into contemporary culture in the 1960s in large part through Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk...
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