Personal Reminders
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A few days ago, I was working with one of my clients who had been struggling with stress management. I was befuddled myself because this young man had a plethora of coping strategies to use, but he was kept falling further and further backwards every time I saw him. It took me a second, but…
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A saying I incorporated into my everyday thinking. I worked in the drug and alcohol setting for a short time. To say the least, it was not the right fit for me, but I learned several valuable lessons in those few short months. One of those lessons is a lesser known saying that comes from…
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The source material for today’s entry came from an unlikely source – my barber. I went for my monthly appointment to get groomed up for the summer weather. After being her client for close to a year now, I have a stereotypical relationship with my barber. We talk about anything and everything. Today I told…
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I started to get more involved with my self-care about five years ago in graduate school. As someone in a helping profession, I let my compassion get the better part of me. I put others before myself. Whenever people told me that I needed to “slow down,” I argued the point that there were others…
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Over the past week, I have been reflecting quite a bit on a conversation I had with a colleague regarding mindfulness. I thought it might be worth sharing because it put things in perspective and pertained to self-care. I will eventually discuss the concept of mindfulness, but I want to focus on the philosophy my…
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