is wearing me down, and wearing me out… And when Eeyore is able to be more positive about winter than I, then we’re in trouble! 🙂 hard to have a sense of humor in this weather, isn’t it?
Avoiding Goodness for Fear’s Sake
Even good things can feel scary. Good things can have us feel vulnerable. Vulnerability can feel scary…and so we avoid taking risks…even when the risk means a good thing. Like: applying for a desired program handing in the paper you worked hard on accepting the invitation to the party being the first to smile to …
A Man’s Desire
Too often, men don’t get to be who they really are, say what they really feel have their outside match their inside express what they really think Men get shut down, shut out, cut off from the best parts of who they are when society, their community, maybe even their own family tells them …
Minding Dad
My history with Misericordia Health Centre is a long one…going back to before I was born. My mother went to nursing school there. She graduated from the nursing school and went on to work decades at the Misericordia Hospital. I remember going there once as a little girl when she went late at night for …
Living Well Together
Kelly Bernardin-Dvorak is a therapist who lives a life of working to ever deepen her understanding of her world and to have that matter–to have it impact the world in a way that changes it. She sees clients like most therapists do. But she lives a lifestyle of deliberate community that engages with folks in …
Benefits of kindness
This week has been “one of those weeks” for me. I have three days of classes at school to get ready for next week, a workshop to run, and a full schedule. I have a whole lot of organizing to do regarding school schedules, requests, responses etc. each evening. I’ve got a “to do” list …
Battling the Negativity Bias
Our brains are wired for a negativity bias. Bummer, huh? We all, by default, tend to be natural Eeyore’s, looking for the cloud, the crack, the fault, the rolled eyes, the raised eyebrow, the implied criticism, the pursed lips, the blemish, the deficit etc. {! social/video/youtube?url=http%3A//youtu.be/irL6nLkaj2E%3Ft%3D1m19s !} There is a way out…and that is …
Christmas–the gift of raw honesty
To be truly, authentically, raw-ly honest is a gift that I have come to appreciate and value as something that is treasured and precious and connecting…and rare. When it happens, there is something almost painful about it…because one’s most innermost thoughts are rarely easy or pretty. But it is beautiful. And poignant. And rare. And …
So Low that Down is Up
In an odd sort of way, this day I look forward to annually…December 21st. I’ve blogged about it before…here in 2008, here in 2009, here in 2010, and here in 2011. It’s the day that is the symbol for me of relief…when something has reached it’s extreme and after that it can only get better Because …
Bloomin’Espy!
Espy got her first flower and is well on her way to the second! I walked into the office on Monday morning, and there Melanie, Nadia and Roshonna were by the desk talking. When I walked in the room, they quickly pointed to Espy… And. My. Jaw. Dropped. First…her bloom came quicker than I had …