Category Archives: Reflections
Find Your Focus
I feel like I can’t even pay attention anymore. It’s hard for me to stay focused on one thing. My mind is always going in a thousand different directions. We live in a world of constant distraction. Our lives are busy and … Continue reading
Lending Money to Family or Friends?
Use the loan as a teaching moment Early in their marriage, my son and daughter-in-law had trouble making their paychecks stretch — and started asking my hubby and me for money. I said yes with a couple of strings attached. … Continue reading
Life Lesson
Learning to let yourself care, to accept the pain that comes with seeing the people you love suffer, and to be OK with suffering yourself, is the first—maybe the biggest—lesson we all have to learn in life. Positively Purging-I welcome … Continue reading
Writing
Writing is also a freeing activity. Dr. Gathers suggests jotting down one-word adjectives about how you feel, to start. “You can simply write: Sad. Confused. Hurt. Write it down in a list and then just leave it.” The next day, … Continue reading
Get Moving
Exercise is one of the most critical things we can do to heal. As Dr. Gathers tells me, “No one has ever come back from a workout and thought, I’m so upset that I did that. That was the worst thing … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 