Very little gives a high like succeeding at something that is a challenge. We have a saying around the office: “Robyn sez”…our interior designer is fabulous…amazing how I can be in s space and not see something that she does…moving a chair here, or changing something over there and voila, it’s better! So. knowing she …
Relational Compensation…A Painful Balance
So…what happens when you put a cold mama and a hot junior tribe member in a Honda? Nope, this is not the beginning of some corny joke. It’s life in my household. A coupla times in the last coupla weeks, I found myself in a situation where I am running around doing errands, in and …
The Raising of a Mother
Parenting demands more love, more patience, more endurance that I would have thought possible. Mothering involves sleepless nights and cleaning up puke, restlessly trying to break a little one’s fever, talking to a teacher that has hurt a little one, phoning a doctor’s office to advocate for month’s sooner appointment even after they said it …
Cooperation and Connection
I remember being on the threshold of graduation from university. While my fellow students and I knew we were fortunate to have the opportunity to attend university, many of us were weary from living on a student budget. We sat around dreaming about the day was going to be like when we received our first …
Parenting Perspective
I had a choice the other day when one of the junior members of my tribe asked me to join him for a bowl of popcorn and a show we both enjoy. My temptation was to say that it didn’t work…we were moving our office. That meant that I was doing a bunch of things …
Progress
Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is a success. Henry Ford We have a solid beginning. We have made great progress. We continue to work well together…and that feels completely successful. We have operated for a week in our new office…found a few kinks we’re working on, and now have …
Believe before you can see
…if we are willing to slow down, listen, and say yes to what is before us, we can see beauty in what is disregarded, value what is not valued & know that we are home before we even arrive Liz Song of HopeLab
This Mess was Blessed
Bergen and Associates Counselling will open tomorrow morning at 1483 Pembina Highway, ready for clients to work with therapists to remove the barriers that interfere with them making the sorts of connections in their lives that they really desire. We are excited to be working out of the new space, and are thrilled with how …
Intentional, Restorative Relaxation
Post contributed by Roshonna Plett, therapist at Bergen and Associates Counselling. Thanx, Roshonna! Relaxing is a funny thing. I find at times, that the more I want to rest and relax, the more it seems to evade me. Kind of like watching and waiting for a pot to boil.Even when my body is notifying me …
Full Steam Ahead with the Move
Walls washed? Check Walls painted? Check Wall built? Check Insulation installed? Check Door installed? Tomorrow Alarm figured out? Hopeless…and trust me, anybody who may be thinking about breaking in…don’t try it. The alarm works consistently and without fail when not disarmed properly, and can create physical pain to all those who trigger it for whatever …