It’s official! The only anger management group designed specifically for women by women that I am aware of in Winnipeg will be offered February 9-March 9th, 2011. Linda Churchill, our advanced intern, who has been leading groups for years will be facilitating “Empowering from the Inside Out”. We are thrilled to be doing this. This …
Who will love me for me?
Who will love me for me Not for what I have done or what I will become Who will love me for me ‘Cause nobody has shown me what love What love really means JJ Heller sitellite/util/snippets (code=21db177cf9e650f426f6c4f13e1f4398)
Appropriately Aknowledging the Abyss
“There is a deep hole in your being, like an abyss. You will never succeed in filling that hole, because your needs are inexhaustible. You have to work around it so that gradually the abyss closes. Since the hole is so enormous and your anguish so deep, you will always be tempted to flee from …
Alcohol Breaks the Connection
Meaningful conversation when under the influence of alcohol is not productive…in many cases, actually destructive. That’s a no-brainer, right? And yet, I’ve sat in many a session people attempt to work things out while sloshed: A wife will be angry about her husband’s flirting with another at a social, and on their arrival home, there …
Hugs
For one moment our souls met our lives touched Oscar Wilde sitellite/util/snippets (code=f562f97657e3cc615dd1dcbceb97b63e) There’s something quite beautiful about the expressions and the embraces, the connection and community, the open arms and open hearts that are witnessed in this video, crossing language and culture. Hugging is healthy…undeniably. Powerful physiological, developmental effects. When hugged more, orphans gain …
Motivated by Mercy
What game do you want to play? “Who’s right” or “Let’s make life more wonderful?” Are you choosing thoughts about who is right and who is wrong and spending valuable time and energy analyzing, judging, blaming and criticizing? …Focus on your and your… [loved one’s] needs. With this refocus, you can spend your valuable time …
A Thought
Don’t try to win over the haters. You’re not the jackass whisperer. Scott Stratten, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing, Start Engaging This thought can bring freedom from unrealistic pressure. Think about it.
Gettin’ Hit When You’re Down
It’s hard to get a hit when you’re vulnerable. Even a soft punch hurts a lot when you’re not in a strong place. It’s been a long November for me. It was a day or so after Halloween that I got some sort of cold virus. I had the sorest throat for about three weeks. …
I forgot…
How much snow reflects the light and brightens the dark night when it lays over the browned autumn grass. How it’s so much brighter late at night when there is snow on the ground. All I was remembering was how cold the snow is and what a pain-in-the-butt it is to shovel. I forgot How …
Living on Borrowed Time
I went for a walk on Sunday…a long luxurious walk through the neighborhood looking at the front gardens and late autumn woods. I will go for walks throughout the year, and they will continue once the snow falls. Snow is forecast for this week. I had a sense that as I was walking along, enjoying …