As a therapist, I occasionally get all caught up inside my head. No surprise there. My husband often has way better words for explaining things and one thing he talks about often, and I have stolen from his repertoire is the development of schtick. As we grow, mature, change and adapt we present ourselves to … Continue reading Mind your schtick
Bucket lists got me thinking. Living each day to the fullest. YOLO. Bucket lists. Top 10 places to visit before you die. Make sure you live today as if it were your last. No regrets. In a weird way, this obsessive focus on what to do while you’re alive leaves out the death part. In … Continue reading Mind if we talk about death?
Two days a week, I go into work at the SLRD office, just above the Fire Hall in Pemberton. Sometimes, the trucks are out, glistening-clean in the sun. They're never put away dirty. Sometimes, firefighters are gathered around, preparing to greet kids for a party. Sometimes I hear the sirens as they head out to … Continue reading Supporting your first responder, workshop for partners of firefighters, police, paramedics and SAR volunteers, Thursday, June 2, 7pm
I attended Therapeutic Conversations 13 (TC13), a gathering of Narrative Therapists last week in Vancouver and had the fortune of going to a workshop with Tom Carlson & Chene Stewart. Toward the end of this workshop we spent some time imagining how we wanted the people we worked with to feel we felt about them. … Continue reading (Updated) Value
We have another challenge we want to share with the community, (watch this space), but if you are highly challengeable (this is a pretty competitive-minded community), and think you can handle both, (hint: our challenge involves reading, and can definitely be done outdoors, so they're not mutually exclusive), why not sign up for the David … Continue reading May is the month for a nation-wide Nature Challenge
Most of the "organized" stuff I did with my kid, when he was a baby, felt like a failure (and I tried not to do too much of it because it felt Herculean to get out the door and arrive anywhere at an appointed time.) He didn't sit nicely on the carpet and listen to … Continue reading Learn some songs with your baby. Registration is open for Mother Goose
Dear parents of small children (specifically, two to five year olds), To remedy feeling like this: (prone on couch experiencing symptoms of fatigue and exasperation) we suggest (as do many experts and certified professionals): exercise. The Pemberton and District Community Centre has a great workout room/gym, and value added classes, like the killer-tough-but-good Combo Spin class … Continue reading Workout/sanity sessions for parents with 2-5 year olds – sign up now at the Community Centre for February and March
Excuse the raw language. But I appreciated the sentiment powerfully enough to overlook it. (Hope you will too.) I have a friend I suspect is struggling with depression. My friend should win an Academy Award. My friend covers it up really really well. I read this article, though, and realised that I have not, for … Continue reading Why your depressed friend doesn’t need you to send her a link to that article about 7 habits of mentally tough people
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