Tag Archives: kindness

Do You Have Compassion Fatigue? Caregiver Edition

Posted on March 1, 2017 by msw blog

One of my favorite quotes is “You can’t argue with crazy”. It’s a proven fact you just can’t. That is why in my last post I provided suggestions for dealing with the intolerable. A dear friend who recently read it … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision | Tagged aging parents, asking for help, care giver, compassion fatigue, coping skills, disease, drug addiction, exercise, family, friendship, healing project, help, home and comunity care, honesty, inspiration, journaling, kindness, life lessons, love, mental illness, mindfulness, music, parenting, patient care, self awarness, self care, social worker, support system | 2 Comments

Mushroom Soup’s return visit

Posted on January 20, 2017 by msw blog

When I was a child, my mother would always set an extra plate at dinner. When you asked her why she would say, “You never know who is hungry and may come knocking at your door.” I don’t set an … Continue reading →

Posted in Kitchen Adventures | Tagged Childhood memories, community, Costco, crate and barell, dinner party, dinnerware, entertaining, family, frozen meals, guess who coming to dinner, happiness, kindness, Meal planning, mushroom soup, quick meals, soup | 3 Comments

Not Chicken Soup!

Posted on January 10, 2017 by msw blog

“Hi, it’s me. I am just wondering if you had that chicken soup recipe? You know the one we made over the summer during that crazy lighting storm. Call me, love you, bye.” The voicemail was from my niece, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Kitchen Adventures | Tagged care giver, chicken soup, co-cooking, cold remedies, comfort food, cooking with kids, family, farmers market, flu, gardening, kindness, love, organic, self care, sick day, snow day | 14 Comments

A Tale of Two Umbrellas

Posted on December 15, 2016 by msw blog

How would you react to this request from a stranger? It had been raining hard for days. Reports of 100-year floods were coming out of Boulder and Lyons to the north. A colleague and I were walking a few blocks … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Moment of Truth..., Reading | Tagged charity, comfortable life, community, compassion, generosity, healing, homeless, humanity, ice breaker, incliment weather, kindness, philanthropy, proverty, responsibilty, short story | 11 Comments

Collard Greens, Cornmeal, and Sausage Soup (Sopa de Fob)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by msw blog

I have a firm rule- no gifts from clients. However, this year a client had the idea we would all make recipe cards and everyone would exchange them in group. I couldn’t argue with this idea as everyone seemed on … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Kitchen Adventures | Tagged boundaries, co-cooking, collard greens, comfort food, community, culinary challenge, fall ingredients, farmers market, gift ideas, Group therapy, Herb n farm, Herbn’ Farm NW, kindness, smoked sausage, sopa, soup, southern cooking | 2 Comments

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Mushroom Soup’s return visit

Not Chicken Soup!

A Tale of Two Umbrellas

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