Comparison is generally the thief of joy. What to do?
Choice can be the thief of joy or helpful
Comparison is generally the thief of joy. What to do? Read More »
Choice can be the thief of joy or helpful
Comparison is generally the thief of joy. What to do? Read More »
I review my life in a more formal way twice a year and I often make an article to sell you on doing it also. Here’s this years pitch, enjoy. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.– Soren Kierkegaard I think an important thing in ones life is to recognize
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I wrote this originally a few years ago. I modified it a bit and I hear about this at work everyday during the “family holiday get togethers”. You have not seen your brother for 4 years but it is like you started the argument from the last word that was said, all that time ago.
The LP record and family holidays Read More »
We have all said it and heard it. “I know that.” The trouble is they can not actually do it. I read an interesting article, below, that points out a reason, bias. I got the article from: https://www.edge.org/response-detail/25436 Knowing is Half the Battle Children of the 1980’s (like the younger of these two co-authors) may
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What did you get out of 56? My daughter came home and in Health and Humanities class (which is what exactly) they took a “stress test”. They had a bunch of questions and when all was said and done mine told us, many of the kids in the class got upwards of 35. The worst
What’s a 13 year old know about stress? Read More »
This article is not going to be for everyone. It is my opinion and has nothing to do with my professional designation or work. I just think it’s important. In general my comments are true, in specific cases they may not be. A couple hundred people laid to rest a great man. A guy who
Death from a random act of violence. Thoughts. Read More »
I reconnected with an old friend this weekend, Clair Jantzen, my Grief therapist. Around 15 years ago, our family had a “run on dying” and I am pretty sure Clair did 4 of the 6 funeral services. Well I did not take the losses all that well and went to a difficult place to be.
Compassion in the Hard Places, a Grief Workshop Read More »
The problem with young children is they yell, hit, bite and have tantrums! Do you think they came out of the womb that way? Or did they learn that from someone? Likely you see where this is going? I wish I had read this article when my child was very young, however I am still
Parenting from the far North Read More »
I recently did a NPR national radio interview with Ezreena Scott a local trauma therapist. It was my first radio gig. You can listen to it here. Ezreena did a great job and I learned a lot by doing it. Radio time goes fast and then it’s gone. I would like to have said so
I am getting interviewed by a psychotherapist on the subject of trauma, so I thought I would listen to her radio show and get an idea of what I am in for. I was listening to her guest Colin Stroud of Cambridge, England where he runs a trauma program. He said some very interesting things