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Your Weekly Meditation: It is Possible To Embrace Change

Kimberly — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:16:18 +0000

It is possible to embrace change. Sometimes, when we have been in crisis for some time, we feel like we are fighting everything. Whether the crisis is self- or other-imposed, after it has dragged on for awhile we can feel exhausted, worn out, out of options. Yet, it is what we tell ourselves about the [...]

Your Weekly Meditation: What We Can’t Control Can Teach Us

Kimberly — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:24:37 +0000

What we can’t control can teach us. On some level, we can’t help it. We are human, and we are programmed with an innate primitive brain function called “fight or flight” that is continually roving out ahead of us, seeking for signs of doom and disaster. Luckily, however, our brains have evolved quite a bit [...]

Texting: Is it helpful or harmful to your relationships? A therapeutic look at one of America’s most popular forms of communication

Julie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:30:04 +0000

Looking back over the past few decades, it is amazing to consider the ways in which technology and communication has dramatically evolved. My experience with the whole phenomenon began in middle school, when I discovered the bountiful gifts of the Internet.I remember it like it was yesterday… Spending a couple hours here and there in [...]

Your Weekly Meditation: Life is Like a Bowl of Jello

Kimberly — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:41:20 +0000

Life is like a bowl of jello. Taking Forrest Gump’s famous chocolate analogy a step further, life as it is most closely resembles a bowl of jello. We are constantly trying to steady our footing, hunting around for solid ground. But the moment we find it, it shifts again. Rather than continuing to struggle to [...]

DBT: Finding the Purpose…

Julie — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:04:23 +0000

Do things happen for a reason? Or is everything left to chance? Are there random occurrences? Does karma exist? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do things happen that just don’t seem fair? How am I supposed to see the silver lining when I suffer? How do I withstand what seems to [...]