Psychology, as the study of human thought, feeling and deed, is like the back-stage pass to everything. I rock that out, or talk about the industry.
“For too long we have been embarrassed to admit when our children need emotional or psychiatric help, worried that the stigma associated with these problems would be detrimental to their futures…Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.” – Kate Middleton, Duchess [Continue]
“A truly great counselor is hard to find, difficult to part with and impossible to forget.“ – Anonymous Hello friends and happy Counselor Awareness Month! In honor of raising awareness I thought I would share a PowerPoint presentation that I’m to give next month to a local Elementary School on my role [Continue]
“Everyone knows what stress is, but nobody really knows.” – Hans Selye, World’s First Stress Researcher Key: Stress is the creative energy made as our inner self dances with the outer world. Living it: Take control of ourselves in simple ways and harness our stress energy to reduce the distress we feel. [Continue]
“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Key: A frozen river still flows. Living it: [Continue]
“Mental health problems are more common than heart disease, lung disease and cancer combined.” – National Institute of Mental Health Key: Mental health is on a continuum like physical health, and should be accepted that way instead of an abnormal condition. Living it: Become aware of your own mental health needs and [Continue]
“Life must be enjoyable.” – Keith Karabin, for the last 20 years *The box below is a new feature aimed at making these articles even more engaging; now, if readers don’t have time to read the full piece, they can just scan the box in an instant and get started! Key: We are in [Continue]
“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.” – President John F. Kennedy Welcome to the New Year! 2018 will be a pivotal year here at the site and I’m excited for you to be [Continue]
“New Year’s Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written…and lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach, Author and Philanthropist As [Continue]
“When it’s time to bake big — anything from a 12-inch birthday cake to a day of Christmas cookies to a full wedding cake — preparation and planning will make the day successful and retain your sanity.” – SusieJ, Christmas-baking.com It’s more than a week before Christmas, Hanukah is in full swing, and most [Continue]
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.” – Hermann Hesse, Poet Bäume. Betrachtungen und Gedichte Please note that this session is described with [Continue]
