New York was the highlight of my 10 day trip to the Eastern Seaboard in 2011. 9/11 and Ground Zero were never very far from discussion it seemed as we chatted with tour guides and local New Yorkers. It takes very little to get a New Yorker to talk about where they were on that …
It’s a fun time to be around Bergen and Associates Counselling these days…good things are happening, and there’s a “good vibe” that I’m just lovin’. I was listening this week to a podcast of Vinyl Caf on a run, and Stewart McLean suggested that the first of September marks a “new year” far more than …
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, suit of armor, so …
So, last night I was at the Josh Groban concert!!! And it was great…in many ways. His music is beautiful, the set was gorgeous, it was funny in moments…and it was a huge treat for me…between looking after my junior tribe members and my two jobs, I don’t really get out much. But my brother, …
It was a day thinkin’ about grief yesterday…it was Jack Layton’s funeral, and the TV was on as I was going about my day. I usually prefer music when I’m around the house, but it was compelling watching the outpouring of grief for Mr. Layton, and to watch the drama as his friends and family …
Sometimes, my job it just tooooo much fun. I mean, who else gets to do zumba as part of their day at work? The Occupational Therapy students that started in early July are almost done their placement at Siloam Mission. I supervise them…as someone who has limited time, but still wants to be involved at …
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. Jack Layton You don’t have to be NDP to recognize wisdom in this quote or to mourn the man who penned them. Rest in Peace, …
Seems to me that the idea of replacing anxiety and fear with curiosity is a worthwhile idea…but one that can minimize the difficulty of that. I mean, it’s one thing to say it, but a whole other task to pull it off. But I have watched clients be able to experiment, to “play around the …
All over this country, mothers and fathers are having “anticipatory grief”…knowing we are in the latter half of August. Soon kindergartners will leave their mothers for school…some can hardly wait to use their new knapsacks and tuck into school. Soon, new high school graduates will be packing up their suitcases and going off to college. …