I love life…Yeah, I’m sad, but at the same time, I’m really happy that something could make me that sad. It’s like…it makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take …
Voices of Depression
It feels hopeless to live with depression. Others may think it’s not hopeless, but somewhat by definition, a person in the depths of depression feels hopeless. It feels awful, and it feels like it can never end. I’m giving a talk on depression in a couple of weeks, and went over some old notes from …
Siloam Mission Accomplished
Wow! Every one in a while, a person has a chance to be involved in something rather magical. A win-win-win situation. A chance to witness something that’s special, not only because of the end result, but because of the journey to get there. Something that warms a person’s soul with a “feel good” feeling, cuz …
Intimate Partner Violence-TDC
We’ve started a new program at Bergen and Associates Counselling: Intimate Partner Violence–Transforming Destructive into Constructive. For some now, we’ve been offering an Anger Management program called Transfroming Destructive into Constructive. It’s an effective class that participants really enjoy experiencing…and a person always learns more when having a good time. However, although it was never …
Forgiveness the Antidote to Bitterness
Bitterness imprisons life: love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes. Harry Fosdick Been thinking about the burden of bitterness and resentment lately…watching people I care about stumble under the crushing weight of woundedness. Over …
Smile!
Smiling is good. Nothing makes me smile more than a profound connection with someone. You make me dance like a fool Forget how to breathe Shine like gold Buzz like a bee Smile, by Uncle Kracker Valentine’s Day is a great day for celebrating relationships…with “that special someone” for certain…but for smiling at all …
Loving them first
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day…a day celebrating love. Often we think of it as only celebrating romantic love within a couple…I’ve had a number of conversations that have me celebrating the love parents have for their children. This week, in various ways, I have been reminded of an important truth…that the love parents have for their …
To love is to be vulnerable
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love any thing and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure at keeping it intact you must give it to no one’s, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies or luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up …
Rubber Duckie Moments
There’s something about a bright yellow rubber duck that makes me smile. And it’s not only me, either. Rubber duckies are known the world over for creating grins. It may have started for many of us as small children, with getting to know one of our television friends, Ernie. I had a toddler crush on …
The "Critical 6" messages
Six Critical Messages for Children to hear from us: I believe in you I trust you I know you can handle this You are listened to You are cared for You are very important to me Barbara Coloroso sitellite/util/snippets (code=d44f2009e711e15a63d59052a9d75011) Barbara Coloroso is my parenting hero. Her style provides clear respectful boundaries that allow children …