Joy! Joy! Joy?

Joy! Joy! Joy?

What are your holidays looking like so far? Past memories, good ones and not so good ones. Demands, some realistic and others not realistic, some coming from you, some coming from others. Your schedule, maybe too much going on, or maybe not much at all. Where is the...
Mental Health Crisis Line 988 is Now Available!

Mental Health Crisis Line 988 is Now Available!

My colleagues in the mental health profession have often lamented the lack of emergency mental health assistance available to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.  We have had to rely on services available through 911 which, while they are able to respond...
The Importance Of Shared Meals

The Importance Of Shared Meals

“What’s for dinner?” When is the last time you asked that?  Last night?  A few hours ago? Sure, dinner time – or any meal time – is about being hungry and getting fed.  But it’s about a whole lot more than that.  Unless you’ve got your own personal chef, if you’re...
What We Get From Our Parents

What We Get From Our Parents

I was looking at my schedule for this month and I noticed that Father’s Day is coming up, and we just celebrated Mother’s Day in May.  I don’t have my parents here anymore, and holidays always bring up a lot of memories of times we spent together.  I am flooded with...
Spring is here! 

Spring is here! 

Spring is here!  With the sun streaming in through the windows a little earlier, and sticking around a little later, I have started to dig through the clutter around my home and office that seems to accumulate during the winter months.  You know, spring cleaning.  You...
New Year.  Now What? 

New Year.  Now What? 

So here we are at the start of a new year. Yes, it’s that time of year when we’re hit with those “best of the year” and “worst of the year” lists.  I wouldn’t be surprised if you were doing your own year-end review, thinking about what happened and what didn’t happen,...
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