Centering Tools: Holistic Counseling since 1987
Holistic counseling practice since 1987
Power Struggles Destroy Individuals and Relationships Have you ever felt trapped in a power struggle with anyone? It feels so frustrating and helpless, with no way out – the more the struggle, the more trapped we feel. Power struggles shatter self-esteem, shut down creative problem-solving, and destroy love and trust. All power struggles twist people into …
What If The Bottom Falls Out What do you do when life is truly, hugely overwhelming and you really know, in your heart of hearts, you can't do anything that will make any kind of difference to well handle things? What do you do when you experience several major crises at once and it looks …
Here's another exercise for you to do to let yourself unfold this Thanksgiving. Loading… See what others are grateful for and what they sometimes forget to be grateful for http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t6uhxzQWOBlaNd4C2Zn9S9g&output=html
Bridging from One Intense Year to A Call for Right Direction Happy New Year! The holidays seem to have whizzed by like a hurricane, albeit happily – a wonderful one. They offered, beyond the presents and extended celebrations, groundbreaking family news about my oldest daughter expecting twins next summer, recovery on other fronts from acute …
In the spirit of this holiday season, I wanted to post this wonderful poemby another member of my monthly memoir writing group, completed in responseto my recommendation from the previous class to write a poem describing aninner journey to one’s heart. Happy Equinox, spring (where is it?), Easter,Passover . . . and beyond . . …
I’m happy to share with you all one of the pieces a client wrote in my senior memoir writing class. I anticipate you’ll all enjoy this as much as I did. ———————————————————– One Chapter At A Time Life is like a book. You live it one chapter at a time. At present, I am living …
Self-help tips I either use or recommend a client to use, in no particular order: Staying Centered, in ten tips Count to 10 while you breathe deeply—each breath counts as 1. Close your eyes and see if you can sense your inner center. Take 5 minutes and complete the following sentence: “Right now I feel…”. …
It may not be Kent State all over again, but… My 22 year-old son directed me to www.youtube.com this evening and asked me to view the video from Florida State today showing a student who repeatedly asked what my son said were “politically incorrect” questions of John Kerry as he attempted to close his presentation …
Get Serious Through Journaling September is such a significant month. It is the dividing line between the quarter of Summer and The Rest of the Year. We "take a fall" into Fall as the weather begins to turn away from the full bloom of summer to Get Serious. School restarts, and we are moved to …