A couple months ago, I was diagnosed with the early stages of diabetes, with the diagnosis coming after a routine blood test. After my doctor reviewed all the markers in the blood test, he looked at me and said, “you know what I’m saying right? You have diabetes.” He then went on to tell me […]
Goals
In September 2015, I fulfilled a goal of mine and opened the doors to my private counseling practice. A year later, I still love being in private practice and journeying with my clients to healing. It’s both a blessing and a privilege to be able to do this. I got into counseling because I felt […]
Friends
One of the common posts I see on Facebook is about purging friend lists or about letting people go in life who are not loyal friends or whose presence in life cause more heartache than good. If you are Catholic like I am, you will know the book of Sirach. But even if you aren’t […]
“MAMA SAID THEY’LL BE DAYS LIKE THIS…” WHEN THE DAY JUST SEEMS TOO OVERWHELMING
Facebook has this nifty feature in which you can view what happening in the past on this day. Often I’ve forgotten what happened 6 or 7 years ago, sometimes even a year ago. Sometimes I laugh, but today’s memories are ones that just seem to weigh me down. On this day over the past years […]
TAKING TIME TO NURTURE OTHERS
Two weeks ago I entered the lobby of my small office building to see this plant almost dead. It had not been watered for several weeks based on the hard, dry soil, the 12 leaves that were brown and dead, and the remaining leaves that were drooping and on the verge of dying. I grabbed […]
SETBACKS ON THE ROAD TO HEALING
I’ve been having problems with my laptop for the past couple of weeks with a touch pad and cursor that jumps around, screens that disappear and reappear, and the loss of whatever it is I’m trying to write. This weekend my laptop makes a trip to the Apple Genius Bar to get fixed with the […]
LIKE YOUR THERAPIST? THAT’S A START!
Like your therapist? That’s a loaded question I know. But liking your therapist is key to whether or not you find healing. It’s been shown that the success rate of a client’s therapy has less to do with the techniques the therapist uses, and more to do with the relationship between the therapist and the […]