Tag Archives: gratitude
Mindfulness
Mindfulness helps patients cultivate present-moment awareness, enabling them to observe and describe what is occurring without judgment. Mindfulness effectively counteracts viewing the present through the lens of distorted hopes, expectations, and past experiences of rejection and abandonment. Many patients believe … Continue reading
Community Resources
Practicum instructor evaluation of student’s competency and areas for growth _________ uses all the support systems in her life to obtain the most information on any subject. She is incredibly knowledgeable regarding community resources and has connections with many of … Continue reading
Her-Story
One of my favorite quotes comes from Nina Shaw—she’s a bada-s mama jama lawyer in Hollywood. She said, “If you want to be a woman in power, then empower other women.” Drop the microphone, Ms. Nina, because that is so … Continue reading
Self Love
The longest relationship we have with anyone is with ourselves, and yet that relationship is often the first one we let slide. Maintaining it brings such comfort, though: Liking you company means that you always have at your beck and … Continue reading
Good Intentions
I walk around with a bucket filled with intentions written on cards, words like courage, compassion, self-love. The bucket says “Take what you need.” I always like to tell people that the intentions chooses you, you don’t choose it. People … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 